by
Sarah Burke Cahalan
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published
Oct 03, 2012
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last modified
Apr 17, 2013 02:33 PM
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filed under:
Online,
Exhibition,
Mesoamerican,
Andean,
Aztec,
Maya,
Timekeeping
The Aztec, Maya, and Inca civilizations used complex and multiple timekeeping systems for purposes of agriculture, worship, and political authority. Because little of the material record of the pre-Conquest peoples of the Americas survived, scholars through the ages have had limited primary sources to study to reach a comprehensive understanding of timekeeping in the Americas.
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