Aztec Calendar Papercraft

Posted by Michael James | Monday, December 08, 2008 | , | 2 comments »


The Aztec calendar is the calendar system that was used by the Aztecs as well as other Pre-Columbian peoples of central Mexico. It is one of the Mesoamerican calendars, sharing the basic structure of calendars from throughout ancient Mesoamerica.The calendar consisted of a 365 day calendar cycle called xiuhpohualli (year count) and a 260 day ritual cycle called tonalpohualli (day count). These two cycles together formed a 52 year "century," sometimes called the "Calendar Round." The xiuhpohualli is considered to be the agricultural calendar, since it is based on the sun, and the tonalpohualli is considered to be the sacred calendar.

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  1. Anonymous // Tuesday, 09 December, 2008  

    Just a note to let you know that Paper-Replica has updated the calendar. It is now an Aztec calendar and the date on the base has been removed.

  2. Anonymous // Tuesday, 09 December, 2008  

    James, it is Aztec Calendar not Mayan. Yeah I made mistake and I have change the title and pattern too.

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