"1,700 years ago, speakers of proto-Ch'olan, the ancestor for three Maya languages still in use, had developed a calendar of 18 20-day months plus a set of five days," wrote Weldon Lamb, a retired adjunct professor of anthropology at New Mexico State University, in his book " The Maya Calendar: A Book of Months (opens in new tab)" (University of Oklahoma Press, 2017). The Maya calendar system was complicated. ![]() (Image credit: Erich Andres/United Images via Getty Images) (opens in new tab)Ī system of writing that used symbols called glyphs to represent words or sounds was developed and frequently inscribed on buildings, steles, artifacts and books called codices.
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