Maya Long Count

GPTKB entity

Statements (88)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:event
gptkbp:BaktunLength 144,000 days
gptkbp:basisFor vigesimal (base-20)
gptkbp:calendarRoundCorrelation correlates with Tzolk'in and Haab'
gptkbp:cycle approximately 5,125 years
gptkbp:cycleName Great Cycle
gptkbp:dateCreated August 11, 3114 BCE (Gregorian)
September 6, 3114 BCE (Julian)
gptkbp:earliestKnownUse 1st century BCE
gptkbp:fifthPosition gptkb:Kin
gptkbp:firstPosition Baktun
gptkbp:fourthPosition Uinal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maya Long Count
gptkbp:inscriptionsFoundAt gptkb:Altar_de_Sacrificios
gptkb:Toniná
gptkb:Pomona
gptkb:Moral-Reforma
gptkb:Piedras_Negras
gptkb:Bonampak
gptkb:Comalcalco
gptkb:San_Bartolo
gptkb:La_Amelia
gptkb:Nakum
gptkb:Yaxchilan
gptkb:La_Mar
gptkb:San_Clemente
gptkb:Coba
gptkb:Dos_Pilas
gptkb:La_Corona
gptkb:Naranjo
gptkb:Quiriguá
gptkb:Seibal
gptkb:Uaxactun
gptkb:Yaxha
gptkb:Pusilha
gptkb:Rio_Azul
gptkb:Santa_Rosa_Xtampak
gptkb:Yaxuna
gptkb:Zacpeten
gptkb:Palenque
gptkb:Tikal
gptkb:Uxmal
gptkb:Calakmul
gptkb:Caracol
gptkb:Copán
gptkb:Tortuguero
gptkb:El_Peru-Waka'
gptkb:La_Joyanca
gptkb:La_Sufricaya
gptkb:Machaquila
Xultun
Oxpemul
Zapote Bobal
gptkbp:KatunLength 7,200 days
gptkbp:KinLength 1 day
gptkbp:latestKnownUse 10th century CE
gptkbp:misconception prediction of apocalypse in 2012
gptkbp:notableEvent end of 13th Baktun (December 21, 2012)
gptkbp:notation glyphs
five place value system
bars and dots
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Mesoamerica
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Aztec_calendar
gptkb:Olmec_calendar
gptkb:Supplementary_Series
gptkb:Haab'
gptkb:Tzolk'in
gptkb:Calendar_Round
gptkb:Mesoamerican_calendars
Distance Numbers
Initial Series
Period Ending dates
gptkbp:replacedBy no direct replacement; Classic Maya collapse led to decline
gptkbp:secondPosition gptkb:Katun
gptkbp:significance chronological anchor for Maya history
gptkbp:studiedBy archaeologists
epigraphers
Mayanists
gptkbp:thirdPosition gptkb:Tun
gptkbp:tracks days since a mythical creation date
gptkbp:TunLength 360 days
gptkbp:UinalLength 20 days
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Maya_civilization
gptkbp:usedFor inscriptions on monuments
recording historical dates
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Maya_hieroglyphs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Haab'_calendar
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7