He also deciphered the Maya system for measuring time, now called the Calendar Round ... which researchers vaguely understood to depict a line of royal accession. Within hours, and with a ...

"The Mayan calendar," said Dr. Spinden ... These points determined a base line, running due cast and west. By standing on the eastern monument the ancient astronomers were able to take accurate ...

Despite the mysticism that often clouds the Mayan calendar in popular culture, fact remains that the calendar system in use by the Mayans was based on a system used throughout the pre-Columbian ...