> But just like other time scales, how did those mesoAmericans reconcile >> their 360 day cycle to 365.25... day intervals between solstices? >> > They had a five day ong party wherethey didn't work. They took those days off. Not kidding, they resync'd every year. Kind of like leap days all stuck on the end of the year.
> >> I've been rummaging through my ION CD of time and celestial nav papers, >> but didn't find anything at first on the whole issue (plenty on other >> astronomically derived scales). >> >> Anybody have any decent links to go hunting for? >> >> 5000 years is plenty long for significant precession of the equninoxes, >> for instance.. Maybe those Maya astronomers did a bang up job measuring, >> but hey, they probably didn't account for those higher order effects. >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/** >> mailman/listinfo/time-nuts<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1430 / Virus Database: 2637/5464 - Release Date: 12/16/12 >> >> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/** > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> > and follow the instructions there. > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
