Long Count calendar
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The Long Count calendar is an ancient Mesoamerican timekeeping system, most notably used by the Maya, that tracks days in a linear count from a mythological starting point to record historical and cosmological events.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican calendar
ⓘ
calendar system ⓘ chronological system ⓘ |
| allows | absolute dating of events ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
Maya stelae
ⓘ
codices ⓘ monumental inscriptions ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Maya Creation myth
ⓘ
bʼakʼtun endings ⓘ period-ending rituals ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
260-day ritual calendar
ⓘ
365-day vague year calendar ⓘ Calendar Round ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
Mesoamerica
ⓘ
southern Maya lowlands ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeCorrelation |
Lounsbury correlation
ⓘ
Spinden correlation ⓘ |
| hasBaseUnit | kʼin (day) ⓘ |
| hasCorrelationConstant | Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
cycle of bʼakʼtunim
ⓘ
period-ending ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasLargerUnit |
bʼakʼtun (20 kʼatun = 144,000 days)
ⓘ
kʼatun (20 tun = 7,200 days) ⓘ tun (18 winal = 360 days) ⓘ winal (20 kʼin) ⓘ |
| hasStartingPoint | mythological creation date ⓘ |
| notationStructure | vigesimal positional system with modified third position ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
commemoration of period endings
ⓘ
cosmological dating ⓘ recording dynastic histories ⓘ recording historical events ⓘ |
| relatedCalendar |
Haabʼ
ⓘ
Tzolkʼin calendar ⓘ
surface form:
Tzolkʼin
|
| startingPointCorrelation |
August 11, 3114 BCE (proleptic Gregorian, Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation)
ⓘ
September 6, 3114 BCE (proleptic Julian, GMT correlation) ⓘ |
| startingPointInMayaNotation | 13.0.0.0.0 ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Maya epigraphy
ⓘ
Mesoamerican archaeology ⓘ archaeoastronomy ⓘ |
| timeSpanCoverage | multi-millennial ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Maya civilization
ⓘ
Mesoamerican cultures ⓘ |
| usedFor | correlating Maya history with Western calendar ⓘ |
| usedTogetherWith | Calendar Round ⓘ |
| usesNumeralSystem |
Maya numerals
ⓘ
vigesimal (base-20) numeral system ⓘ |
| writtenWith |
dot-and-bar numerals
ⓘ
glyphs ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.