Finding Aid to The Maya Year at the Inauguration of the Calendar MS.740

Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 November 26
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org


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

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

Indians of Mexico
Mexico -- History
Typescripts
Astronomy
Maya calendar
Aztecs