Mayan Contributions by https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new Impacting Our World Today en-us 2016-08-02 15:59:09 UTC 2024-04-10 23:23:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hotsun.png yarelypol https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117383629 http://prezi.com/xmswz1xx2f3w/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share]]> 2016-08-02 16:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117383629 yarelypol https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117386152 2016-08-02 17:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117386152 The ancient Maya developed one of the most accurate calendar systems in human history. The ancient Maya had a fascination with cycle of time. The most commonly known Maya cyclical calendars are the Haab, the Tzolk'in, and the calendar Round. The Maya also developed the Long Count calendar to chronologically date mythical and historical events.  yarelypol https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117386324 2016-08-02 17:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117386324 yarelypol https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117389487 2016-08-02 17:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117389487 Mayan and Aztec people drank their chocolate bitter, and spicy, sugar was unknown before the conquest. Cacao seeds were an early form of money, and archaeologists have discovered fake seeds made of clay. yarelypol https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117389590 2016-08-02 17:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117389590 The Mayans were one of the first civilizations to develop an advanced writing system. Instead of letters, they used hieroglyphics, and they had hundreds of symbols (or glyphs). yarelypol https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117390031 2016-08-02 18:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117390031 yarelypol https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117626083 The Mayans devised a counting system that was able to represent very large numbers by using only 3 symbols, a dot, a bar, and a symbol for zero, or completion, usually a shell. The chart above shows the first complete cycle of numbers. Like our numbering system, they used place values to expand this system to allow the expression of very large values. Their system has two significant differences from the system we use: 1) the place values are arranged vertically, and 2) they use a base 20, or vigesimal, system.]]> 2016-08-05 21:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117626083 Mayan Astronomy                                           The Mayans did not have any complex instruments for charting the positions of celestial objects, so their observations were with the naked eye. They may have used rudimentary instruments, such as crossed sticks to chart position, but they lacked the armillary spheres or sextants of other civilizations.However, the Mayans were excellent builders and many of their temples and buildings are aligned to help observers monitor position. For example, many buildings pointed towards the equinoxes or midsummer, whilst other buildings had doorways and windows aligned with the most northerly or southerly rising of Venus, one of the most important celestial bodies to the Mayan culture. So accurate were their observations that their predictions of the orbit of Venus lost only two hours in a 584-day cycle. yarelypol https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117626367 2016-08-05 21:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/yarelypol/new/wish/117626367