Day Symbols of the Maya Year: Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266.Thomas, Cyrus
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Day Symbols of the Maya Year: Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266.
Thomas, Cyrus
Maya calendar
Maya, _caban_; Tzental, _chic_; Quiche-Cakchiquel, _noh_; Zapotec,
_xoo_; Nahuatl, _ollin_. In addition to these, the following are also
sometimes given: In Meztitlan, _nahui olli_; Pipil, _tecpila nahuatl_.
This character, as is apparent from plate LXVII, 8-13, is subject to no
material variation; in fact, to no variation which would prevent us from
at once identifying it. That shown in LXVII, 8, is Landa's figure. The
change in position of the black spot and lines with reference to one
another does not appear to have any significance. In the Troano and
Cortesian codices the black dot is sometimes on one side and sometimes
on the other. In the Dresden Codex, however, it is nearly always on the
left. The one shown in LXVII, 13, in which there is introduced a new
element, is found several times in the last part of the Dresden Codex.
This character is used very frequently otherwise than as a day symbol,
being found separate and in combination, also as a mark on a number of
articles. As it is possible to determine with reasonable, and in fact
satisfactory, certainty its signification in a number of instances where
used otherwise than as a day symbol, some of these will be noticed, as
they seem to furnish strong evidence of phoneticism. But I repeat here
the statement made at the commencement of this paper, that in using this
term "phoneticism," I include that which may, in a strict
classification, be called ikonomatic. However, before referring to
these, it is best to give the interpretations of the names which have
been suggested, as the bearing of our interpretations of the symbols
will then be better understood.
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