[Aztlan] Classic Maya Unit of Length

[Nicholas Hopkins]

BTW, in Guate this measure is called "una cuerda", and it is the unit of measure for work in the coastal and 
coffee fincas.  I know that an armspan (chest to fingertips) is a common Maya measure (una brazada, can't 
remember the Maya name), which approximates a meter or so, but the Spanish also utilized the "vara", about 
the same measure. I worked with a surveyor in Texas when I was in high school, and discovered that the 
Republic of Texas (long may it wave!) standardized the vara at 39 inches (check me on this).  We used a vara 
tape instead of a meter or yard tape to measure land that was included in the original Spanish land grants.    

Nick Hopkins