Maya Year at the Inauguration of the Calendar, 1940 July

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Summary

Title:
The Maya Year at the Inauguration of the Calendar
Dates:
1940 July
Creators:
Cordy, Napoleon
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.
Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language:
English .
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.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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

Acquisition information:
Donated by N. Cordy, 1940 July.
Processing information:

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).

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Holly Rose Larson
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-06-06 22:14:50 +0000 .

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Restrictions:

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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.

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.

Location of this collection:
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027, US
Contact:
(747) 201-8448
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