Ancient Maya Astronomical Tables from Xultun, Guatemala

被引：30

作者：

Saturno, William A. ^{[1
]}

Stuart, David ^{[2
]}

Aveni, Anthony F. ^{[3
]}

Rossi, Franco ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Boston Univ, Dept Archaeol, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[2] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Art & Art Hist, Austin, TX 78712 USA

[3] Colgate Univ, Dept Sociol & Anthropol, Dept Phys & Astron, Hamilton, NY 13346 USA

来源：

SCIENCE | 2012年 / 336卷 / 6082期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.1221444

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Maya astronomical tables are recognized in bark-paper books from the Late Postclassic period (1300 to 1521 C. E.), but Classic period (200 to 900 C. E.) precursors have not been found. In 2011, a small painted room was excavated at the extensive ancient Maya ruins of Xultun, Guatemala, dating to the early 9th century C. E. The walls and ceiling of the room are painted with several human figures. Two walls also display a large number of delicate black, red, and incised hieroglyphs. Many of these hieroglyphs are calendrical in nature and relate astronomical computations, including at least two tables concerning the movement of the Moon, and perhaps Mars and Venus. These apparently represent early astronomical tables and may shed light on the later books.

引用

页码：714 / 717

页数：4

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