[Aztlan] Zero does not mean

Jorge Pérez de Lara Elías jorgepl at estudioelias.com
Tue Jul 22 10:04:33 CDT 2008


Listeros,

I hope this does not sound like an 'ad hominem' objection, but it is  
important to note that John Major Jenkins' claim (in one of his  
previous postings responding to Lloyd):

Specifically, it supports the deduction that 0.0.0.0.0 (in 3114 BC)  
and 13.0.0.0.0 (in 2012) are "like-in-kind" events.

is void in that there are no 0.0.0.0.0 examples. The three 4 Ajaw 8  
Kumk'u dates associated to a Long Count date that we know of in the  
Classic (Cobá Stela 1, a well-known Yaxchilán ballplayer lintel and  
Quiriguá Stela C) are either 13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.0.0.0.0  
or simply 13.0.0.0.0. This is to say there are no examples of  
0.0.0.0.0 written by the Maya, so how can anybody claim that  
13.0.0.0.0 (with or without a larger string of 13s preceding it) is  
equivalent to 0.0.0.0.0. There is no evidence that the Maya thought so.

Jorge


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