Mesoamerican calendar

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Mesoamerican cultural practice calendar system

The Mesoamerican calendar is an ancient system of interlocking ritual and solar cycles used by various pre-Columbian civilizations in central America to structure time, religious ceremonies, and agricultural activities.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Aztec calendar 2
Aztec ritual calendar 2
Aztec solar calendar 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican cultural practice ⓘ
calendar system ⓘ
associatedWith agricultural cycles ⓘ
astronomical observations ⓘ
deities and day-signs ⓘ
religious cosmology ⓘ
solar movements ⓘ
basedOn interlocking cycles ⓘ
culturalRole organized ritual life ⓘ
regulated agricultural planning ⓘ
structured political authority rituals ⓘ
developedInRegion Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
central America ⓘ
hasCalendarRoundLength 52 years ⓘ
hasComponent 260-day ritual calendar ⓘ
365-day solar calendar ⓘ
calendar round ⓘ
long count ⓘ
hasFeature interlocking day and month counts ⓘ
named days ⓘ
named months or periods ⓘ
numbered days ⓘ
propitious and unpropitious days ⓘ
hasRitualCycleLength 260 days ⓘ
hasRitualCycleName Tonalpohualli NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tzolkʼin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSolarCycleLength 365 days ⓘ
hasSolarCycleName Haabʼ ⓘ
Xiuhpohualli NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Aztec calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maya calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
represents cyclical conception of time ⓘ
sharesStructureWith Aztec calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maya calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse Classic period of Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Formative period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
usedBy Aztec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mixtec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olmec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zapotec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
various pre-Columbian cultures of central America ⓘ
usedFor agricultural activities ⓘ
divination ⓘ
dynastic commemorations ⓘ
festivals and feasts ⓘ
religious ceremonies ⓘ
ritual scheduling ⓘ
state ceremonies ⓘ
structuring time ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Etzalcualiztli → calendar → Mesoamerican calendar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec solar calendar
Tozoztontli → calendarContext → Mesoamerican calendar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec calendar
Atlcahualo → partOf → Mesoamerican calendar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec ritual calendar
Panquetzaliztli → partOf → Mesoamerican calendar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec ritual calendar
xiuhcoatl → relatedConcept → Mesoamerican calendar ⓘ
subject surface form: Xiuhcoatl
this entity surface form: Aztec calendar
Acolhua → usedCalendar → Mesoamerican calendar ⓘ