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.