Long Count
Ancient Mesoamerican dating
The Long Count is an ancient Mesoamerican calendar system, most associated with the Maya, that tracks days from a mythological starting point—August 11, 3114 BCE in modern reckoning.
Unlike cyclical calendars, the Long Count provided a linear count allowing dates to be fixed in historical time.
The supposed end of a Long Count cycle on December 21, 2012 sparked apocalyptic speculation that proved unfounded.
- MayaAncient Mesoamerican people
- calendarDate-tracking system
- MesoamericaPre-Columbian Central American region
- tunLarge brewing cask
- 2012Recent leap year
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- MayaTikal, Chichen Itza, glyphs, glyph, hieroglyphs
- ancient AmericasMachu Picchu, Chichen Itza, Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan, Tikal
- Maya archaeologyTikal, Chichen Itza, stelae, glyphs, hieroglyphs
- Pre-ColumbianAztec, Maya, Inca, Olmec, Mesoamerica
- ancient calendarsMayan calendar, Aztec calendar, lunar calendar, solar calendar
- Maya CodicesDresden Codex, hieroglyphs, almanacs, astronomical tables
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