{"id":17257,"date":"2021-01-11T11:28:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T16:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/?page_id=17257"},"modified":"2025-05-19T10:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:56:10","slug":"maya-numbers-research-results","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/adventures-in-anthropology-program\/activity-1-maya-numbers\/maya-numbers-research-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Maya Numbers Research Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id17257_d13364-e2 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id17257_d13364-e2 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id17257_d13364-e2 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id17257_d13364-e2 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id17257_d13364-e2 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id17257_d13364-e2 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id17257_d13364-e2 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column17257_8d5f5e-be > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column17257_8d5f5e-be > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column17257_8d5f5e-be > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column17257_8d5f5e-be > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column17257_8d5f5e-be > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column17257_8d5f5e-be > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column17257_8d5f5e-be{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column17257_8d5f5e-be > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column17257_8d5f5e-be > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column17257_8d5f5e-be\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\">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.&nbsp; These are glyphs, the Maya writing system!&nbsp; The bottom-left section (see the picture to the left) includes dates using Mayan numbering.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\">The top glyph gives a Calendar Round date of <em>3 manik 0 pop<\/em> which would have been February 23, 663.&nbsp; The next glyphs are a Distance Number which is added to the first date to give a second date.&nbsp; The number is&nbsp;<em>9 tuns, 8 uinals, and 13 kins&nbsp;<\/em>which adds 3413 days to the original date, making the second date June 28, 672.&nbsp; 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&nbsp;<em>katun <\/em>(a period of 7200 days)&nbsp;while the ruler was in power.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column17257_d1a5ac-77 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column17257_d1a5ac-77 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column17257_d1a5ac-77 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column17257_d1a5ac-77 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column17257_d1a5ac-77 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column17257_d1a5ac-77 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column17257_d1a5ac-77{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column17257_d1a5ac-77 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column17257_d1a5ac-77 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column17257_d1a5ac-77\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Stela_Dates-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Stela_Dates-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Image of glyphs on Maya stele\" class=\"wp-image-15772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Stela_Dates-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Stela_Dates-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Stela_Dates-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Stela_Dates-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Stela_Dates-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Stela_Dates-105x140.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Stela_Dates-317x423.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Stela_Dates-423x564.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Stela_Dates-634x845.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Stela_Dates-846x1128.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Stela_Dates-951x1268.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/06\/Stela_Dates-1268x1691.jpg 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dates written in Maya glyphs.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/adventures-in-anthropology-program\/activity-2-status-and-wealth\/\">Move on to Status and Wealth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.&nbsp; 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