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Mesoamerican Mathematics and Calendrics Tim Roufs University of Minnesota Duluth

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Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p Maya Mathematics

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p Maya Mathematics

Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p Maya Mathematics

Mathematics Gregorian Calendar followed the Julian Calendar which had been used 800 years in 1582 Pope Gregory XIII declared that the following October 4 th should be October 15 th he also provided that leap years should be skipped in centesimal years, except when they are divisible by 4 thus, there were no leap years in 1700, 1800, 1900, but there was one in 2000

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