Aztec Calendar
the Aztec calendar would usually be engraved in places of there city. It was made out of stone and probably was in the center of the city.
The calendar has a cycle of 365 days called xiuhpohualli. it also has a 260 day cycle of rituals called tonalpohualli. these two made a 52 year century
Tonalpohualli
tonalpohualli has a cycle of 260 days, each day has a combination of numbers from 1-13 and one of the twenty day signs. every new day they would carve in the combination
Xiuhpohualli
One year consists of 360 named days and 5 that were thought to be unlucky. The year was broken into 18 periods of twenty days each.
the Aztec calendar would usually be engraved in places of there city. It was made out of stone and probably was in the center of the city.
The calendar has a cycle of 365 days called xiuhpohualli. it also has a 260 day cycle of rituals called tonalpohualli. these two made a 52 year century
Tonalpohualli
tonalpohualli has a cycle of 260 days, each day has a combination of numbers from 1-13 and one of the twenty day signs. every new day they would carve in the combination
Xiuhpohualli
One year consists of 360 named days and 5 that were thought to be unlucky. The year was broken into 18 periods of twenty days each.