玛雅日历中的秘密

作     者：孙启禄 

作者机构：山东 

出 版 物：《疯狂英语（新悦读）》 (Crazy English)

年 卷 期：2022年第12期

页      面：50-53,77页

学科分类：08[工学] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：Maya symbol representing 

摘      要：1 Two pieces of an ancient wall may preserve the earliest evi⁃dence of the Maya calendar(玛雅日历).The pieces are deco⁃rated with a dot and line above a deer head—representing one of the dates from the 260⁃day calendar—and they are from a temple built between 2,300 and 2,200 years ago in what is now Guate⁃mala in Central America.2 Several ancient communities living across the Americas—including the Aztecs,Maya,Mixtecs and Zapotecs—tracked the time using cycles of 13 days symbolized by num⁃bers,alongside cycles of 20 days named after gods.In this calendar,a specific day is as⁃signed(分配)both a number and a name,producing 260 unique days before the cycle re⁃peats.It is thought that people used the calendar to decide when to hold ceremonies,to mark important dates or to attempt to predict future events.