Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and Central America Third and Revised Edition
CHAPTER II
The Mayan Civilization 73 Architecture. Massive Sculptural Art. Minor Arts. The Serpent in Mayan Art. The Human Figure. Design. Composition, and Perspective. The Mayan Pantheon. How Mayan History has been Recovered. Sequences in Art. Books of Chilam Balam. The Mayan Time Counts. Elements of the Day Count. The Conventional Year. The Calendar Round. Mayan Numbers. The Long Count. Dates of Dedication. Hieroglyphs. Codices. Correlation with Christian Chronology. The Mayan Eras. Astronomical Checks on the Correlation. Astronomical Observatories. The True Year. The Lunar Calendar. Venus Calendar. Summary of Mayan History.