Read the student handout to familiarize yourself with the calculations that students will make. Organize students in groups. Distribute copies of the "Calendar Count" student handout. Tell students ...

Students working with teacher Bob Miller attempt to determine the rules that govern the way Maya numbers are written using some examples of Maya numbers that have been converted into Arabic numbers.

An excavation of Maya ruins in Guatemala, by University of New Hampshire archaeologist William Saturno, has revealed that a Mayan writing system was in use centuries earlier than previously thought.

An anthropologist believes he uncovered a second script on Altar Q, one of the most famous and elaborately carved Mayan monuments, and it is unusual: sign language. The anthropologist claims that the ...