Scope and Contents
Historical Note
Preferred Citation
Processing History
Acquisition
Conditions Governing Use
Conditions Governing Access
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: The Maya Year at the Inauguration of the Calendar
Creator:
Cordy, Napoleon
Identifier/Call Number: MS.740
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date: 1940 July
Abstract: This collection contains two typed copies of a manuscript entitled "The Maya Year at the Inauguration of the Calendar" by
N. Cordy. The manuscript is 14 pages long and was written in July 1940.
Language of Material:
English
.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two typed copies of a manuscript entitled "The Maya Year at the Inauguration of the Calendar" by
N. Cordy. The manuscript is 14 pages long and was written in July 1940.
Historical Note
The Maya calendar is a system of calendars used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and in many modern communities in highland Guatemala
and in Veracruz, Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico. The essentials of the Maya calendar are based upon a system which had been in
common use throughout the region, dating back to at least the 5th century BCE. It shares many aspects with calendars employed
by other earlier Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the Zapotec and Olmec, and contemporary or later ones such as the Mixtec
and Aztec calendars. Although the Mesoamerican calendar did not originate with the Maya, their subsequent extensions and refinements
of it were the most sophisticated. Along with those of the Aztecs, the Maya calendars are the best-documented.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_calendar
Preferred Citation
The Maya Year at the Inauguration of the Calendar, 1940, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.740.
Processing History
Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 November
26, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Acquisition
Donated by N. Cordy, 1940 July.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is
given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Conditions Governing Access
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Indians of Mexico
Mexico -- History
Typescripts
Astronomy
Maya calendar
Aztecs