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A Lowland Maya Calendar Round-Long Count Conversion Computer Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

C. M. Krowne ,
R. V. Sidrys  and
S. K. Cooperman
C. M. Krowne
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University, P. O. Box 5275, Raleigh, NC 27650
R. V. Sidrys
Affiliation:
Extension Division, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024
S. K. Cooperman
Affiliation:
Pitzer College, Box 343, Claremont, CA 91711
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Abstract

A Fortran computer program is presented that converts Lowland Maya Calendar Round dates to their equivalent Long Count dates, and the reverse, for the period 1139 B.C. - A.D. 2012 [5.0.0.0.0 to 13.0.0.0.0.]. Additional features include a calculation of the number of days that separate the submitted Long Count date from the completion dates of the prior three important calendric cycles [Sacred Round, Civil Year, and Calendar Round]. This program supplements an earlier Long Count-Gregorian conversion program [Sidrys et al. 1975].

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American Antiquity , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , October 1979 , pp. 775 - 780
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1979

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