Maya Numbers Research Results
Research Results
If you look back at the stele in your Research Notes you will see two sections in the upper-left and bottom-left with square designs in a grid-like pattern. These are glyphs, the Maya writing system! The bottom-left section (see the picture to the left) includes dates using Mayan numbering.
The top glyph gives a Calendar Round date of 3 manik 0 pop which would have been February 23, 663. The next glyphs are a Distance Number which is added to the first date to give a second date. The number is 9 tuns, 8 uinals, and 13 kins which adds 3413 days to the original date, making the second date June 28, 672. This second date is important because it marks the end of a Maya Long Count and this stele may have been erected to celebrate the ending of the katun (a period of 7200 days) while the ruler was in power.