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The Mesoamerican pecked cross as a calendrical device.

Worthy, Morgan

The Mesoamerican pecked cross as a calendrical device. Morgan Worthy - Estados Unidos-US : Society for American Archaeology, 1983. - páginas 573-576: ilustraciones blanco y negro - Trimestral - vol.48; no. 3 (Jul.1983) - no.3 . - Soociety for American Archaeology. .

A method of using the Mesoamerican pecked cross as a 365 day or 365 1/4 day calendrical is proposed. The method consists of placing, removing, and discarding objects in the pecked holes of the arms of the motif in a prescribed sequence. This use does not preclude other uses or meanings of these figures, nor their function in calendrical reckonings more complex than the solar year.

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