The Pre-Columbian people or Mesoamerican kept time with calendars which had religious meaning. All Mesoamerican cultures shared a 365 solar(day) ritual calendar, they used the sun and stars. They had Lunar(night) Calendars and they had 328 calendar days.
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THIS IS THE ONE USED TO MARK THE DAYS OF ALL THE FESTIVALS. SINCE THIS CALENDAR WAS BASED ON MOON IT HAD ONLY 328 DAYS. WHICH MEANT TWELVE MONTHS OF 27,33 DAYS. SINCE LUNAR MONTH IS REALLY 28 DAYS LONG, SO IT MATCHED WITH THE LUNAR MONTHS.SO THEY HAD ABOUT 37 DAYS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO CALENDARS.THEY STILL DON’T KNOW, WHETHER THIS DIFFERENCE WAS IMPORTANT TO THE INCAS.
DON’T KNOW, WHETHER THIS DIFFERENCE WAS IMPORTANT TO THE INCAS. |