[Aztlan] Classic Maya Measurements

[D. M. Urquidi]

lahunik

You are doing the same that everyone does. It has to
be a European concept BEFORE the Aztecs and Maya were
aware of such measurements.

Yet, they were able to make a perfect square whenever
they chose to with a single string. Theorems, by name
are fine, but the actual work has been done for
centuries without it.

Dea

> All this measurements like the "mecate", the "kaan",
> the "vara", the "span",
> the chinaab", the "kok" and the "cubic" are
> apparently measurements for
> daily use.

> the Maya and the Aztecs must have been
> aware of Pythagoras theorem, by which the sum of the
> square of the sides of
> the rectangle is equal of the square of the
> hypotenuse.


D. M. Urquidi
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  Austin, Texas 78765
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