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The Reduction of Maya Long Count Dates and Calendar Round Position to Their Gregorian Equivalents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Leo P. Biese  and
Emilio Iannuccillo
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Abstract

The reduction of Maya dates to their Gregorian equivalents is easily accomplished by the use of an inexpensive microcomputer. A program in the widely used basic language is presented, along with another to print a series of possible long counts for a given calendar round position.

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American Antiquity , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , October 1979 , pp. 784 - 791
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1979

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