Maya Calendar Relief Artwork - Tulum, Mexico - Relief Art Sculptures on Waymarking.com

The Maya calendar consists of several cycles or counts of different lengths. The 260-day count is known to scholars as the Tzolkin, or Tzolk'in. The Tzolkin was combined with a 365-day vague solar year known as the Haab' to form a synchronized cycle lasting for 52 Haab', called the Calendar Round which is still in use by many groups in the Guatemalan highlands.

The tzolk'in calendar combines twenty day names with the thirteen day numbers to produce 260 unique days. It is used to determine the time of religious and ceremonial events and for divination. Each successive day is numbered from 1 up to 13 and then starting again at 1. Separately from this, every day is given a name in sequence from a list of 20 day names.

The artwork consists of a central wheel surrounded by 20 stelae representing the 20 day names of the tzolk'in calendar. The central wheel has 3 rings: the outer ring shows the 19 months of the Haab calendar, the middle ring shows the 20 day names and the inner ring shows the numbers 1 to 13 of the tzolk'in calendar.

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Your impression of the sculpture?: Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/2015 Where is this sculpture?: Calle Alfa Sur 1066 Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico 77780 Website for sculpture?: Not listed Sculptors Name: Not listed

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