Muisca lunisolar calendar

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Muisca cultural practice lunisolar calendar pre-Columbian calendar

The Muisca lunisolar calendar was an intricate pre-Columbian timekeeping system used by the Muisca people of the Colombian Andes, combining lunar and solar cycles to regulate agriculture, religion, and social life.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Muisca ritual calendar 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muisca cultural practice ⓘ
lunisolar calendar ⓘ
pre-Columbian calendar ⓘ
agriculturalFunction harvest schedules ⓘ
sowing schedules ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Chía NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sué NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnObservationOf Moon ⓘ
Sun ⓘ
stars ⓘ
centerOfObservation Bacatá NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sugamuxi NERFINISHED ⓘ
combines lunar cycles ⓘ
solar cycles ⓘ
culture Muisca Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedBy Muisca astronomer-priests ⓘ
documentedBy José Domingo Duquesne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish chroniclers ⓘ
hasConcept agricultural seasons ⓘ
intercalation of lunar months ⓘ
ritual cycles ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre-Columbian era ⓘ
influenced Muisca agricultural planning ⓘ
Muisca political organization ⓘ
Muisca religious festivals ⓘ
partOf Muisca astronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Muisca cosmology NERFINISHED ⓘ
Muisca religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Andean agricultural cycles ⓘ
Mesoamerican calendars ⓘ
religiousFunction determining festival dates ⓘ
timing offerings to deities ⓘ
socialFunction organizing communal work ⓘ
structuring political events ⓘ
status no longer in regular use ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline anthropology ⓘ
archaeoastronomy ⓘ
ethnoastronomy ⓘ
timeUnit day ⓘ
lunar month ⓘ
solar year ⓘ
week ⓘ
usedBefore Spanish conquest of the Muisca NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy Muisca people NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor regulating agriculture ⓘ
regulating religious ceremonies ⓘ
regulating social life ⓘ
usedInCountry Colombia ⓘ
usedInRegion Altiplano Cundiboyacense NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colombian Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Chía (Muisca moon goddess) → influenced → Muisca lunisolar calendar ⓘ
subject surface form: Chía
this entity surface form: Muisca ritual calendar
Chía (Muisca moon goddess) → linkedTo → Muisca lunisolar calendar ⓘ
subject surface form: Chía