The plurality of temporal reckoning among the Maya

This paper presents an overview of time reckoning in several domains of Maya language and culture, as observed in the Sierra region of Yucatan in the last decades of the twentieth century. It demonstrates that multiple systems of temporal reckoning and orientation co-operate in the traditional domai...

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Main Author: William F. Hanks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société des américanistes 2017-12-01
Series:Journal de la Société des Américanistes
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/jsa/15294