J. Eric S. Thompson's study is the standard reference for the structure of the Maya calendars, the Haab and Tzolkin counts, and the reading of month and day glyphs, working directly from the calendrical inscriptions themselves. This atlas cites the 1962 University of Oklahoma Press printing specifically; an earlier version of this record named the original 1950 Carnegie Institution of Washington printing instead, which did not match the actual linked edition, and the record has since been corrected to agree with what is actually cited, a correction stated here rather than left silent. Use it for the structure of the Maya calendrical count systems and glyph reading as this specific edition documents them.
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J. Eric S. Thompson's study, the standard reference for the structure of the Maya calendars and the reading of the month and day glyphs, working directly from the calendrical inscriptions themselves; this record cites the 1962 University of Oklahoma Press printing specifically. NotesStandard reference for the structure of the Maya calendars, the Haab and Tzolkin counts, and the reading of the month and day glyphs. The linked edition is the 1962 University of Oklahoma Press printing. The publisher fact previously named the original 1950 Carnegie Institution of Washington printing instead, which did not match the linked edition, and has been corrected to agree with it.
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AuthorJ. Eric S. Thompson
PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
Publication Year1962
URLhttps://archive.org/details/mayahieroglyphic0000thom
Source Typeacademic monograph
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Maya, Figures This source names Maya directly: "Thompson's study is the standard reference for the structure of the Maya calendars, the Haab and Tzolkin counts, and the reading of month and day glyphs, working directly from the calendrical..."
Source Maya Hieroglyphic Writing: An IntroductionJ. Eric S. Thompson
Claims Backed By This Source (272 claims)
This source backs 272 claims across the atlas. As facts: 153 well-attested. As cited relationships: 51 holds. Plus 68 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Haab Months, 79 claims: 41 well-attested, 19 holds, 19 general references.
- Tzolkin Day Signs, 60 claims: 40 well-attested, 20 general references.
- Articles, 57 claims: 55 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Disciplines, 26 claims: 2 well-attested, 23 holds, 1 general references.
- Long Count Units, 10 claims: 5 holds, 5 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Dreamspell Kins, 7 claims: 7 general references.
- Calendars, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 3 general references.
- Categories, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Cultures, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
- Deities, 3 claims: 3 general references.
- Historical Periods, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Esoteric Texts, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Textual Witnesses, 2 claims: 2 general references.
- Regions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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153Showing 51 to 99 of 99 entities carrying this claim.
General References
68Showing 1 to 50 of 68 entities carrying this claim.
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