[Aztlan] Origin of word "baktun"?

[Robert Sitler]

I've been searching for the first usage of the term "baktun." Can anybody help? In Prof. Edmonson's Chilam Balam I can find a reference to "13 pic" (pik) but not to a baktun. Is the word an academic invention?

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Robert K. Sitler
Latin American Studies Program and  Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures
Stetson University                      DeLand, Florida  32723
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