[Aztlan] Zero and the Long Count

Nick Hopkins nhopkins at mailer.fsu.edu
Sun Aug 26 10:25:56 CDT 2007


The Olmecs recorded Long Counts (using only the series of numbers)  
but I don't think there is any known example of a zero sign (I could  
be wrong).  However, they would have had to mark an empty space  
somehow (as the Maya showed the empty shell in a position whose  
coefficient was zero).

Nick Hopkins 
    


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