[Aztlan] A Question on who discovered the date of the inauguration of the Long Count

[Elaine Schele]

Possibly, it was J. T. Goodman (1897) in "The archaic Maya
inscriptions" (found in one of the appendices of the 'Biologia
Centrali Americana"?)  page 93.  You can view it here:
http://tinyurl.com/lvfcw4

Elaine
PhD Candidate
http://gispalenque.blogspot.com/
http://volunteermayameetings.blogspot.com/


On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Carl callaway<ahchich1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Listeros,
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> I would very much like to know who was the first Maya scholar or researcher to have rediscovered the 4 Ajaw 8 Kumk'u
>   date of the inauguration of the Long Count. One of the earliest I know of was E. Forstemann in his work with the Dresden Codex, although I must confess I do not know the earliest publication of when he calculated this date.
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> Have you any ideas?
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> Thanks so much for the help,
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> Carl Callaway
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> La Trobe University Australia
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