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The Initial Series on Stela 5 at Pixoy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Michael P. Closs
Michael P. Closs*
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Department of Mathematics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario KIN 6N5 Canada
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Abstract

The recently discovered Stela 5 at Pixoy is of particular interest because its Initial Series contains lunar glyphs as coefficients for the 3 lowest periods. While lunar glyphs do not appear in any other known Initial Series, they are to be found in other chronological counts. A study of the moon sign usage in these other counts leads to the conclusion that Stela 5 records the Long Count position 9.14.0.0.0 in a nontraditional manner as the Initial Series 9.13.20.0.0.

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American Antiquity , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , October 1978 , pp. 690 - 694
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1978

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