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Dresden Codex http://www.baktun.de/English/Dating_the_eclipse_table/dating_the_eclipse_table.html
Dating the eclipse table of the Dresden Codex, with solution of the correlation problem. Technical.
Maya Calendar http://www.hermetic.ch/cal_stud/maya/cont.htm
An explanation of the long count, the tzolkin-haab and the relation between the Maya Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar.
Mayan Calendar http://www.caribemexicano.com/eng/mayancalendar
An introduction to the Mayan Calendar.
Mesoamerican Archaeoastronomy http://www.jqjacobs.net/mesoamerica/meso_astro.html
A review of prehispanic astronomic knowledge: numeration, calendars, dates, stelae, codices and architecture. Extensive bibliography
Real Maya Prophecies: Astronomy in the inscriptions and codices http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/mainmaya.html
Overview of the evidence for Mayan astronomy.
Southernmost Rise of Venus at Uxmal, 1997 http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~n6tst/maya/
Pictorial account of the expedition to photograph the southernmost rise of Venus (which occurs once every eight years) from the ancient Maya city in western Yucatan.
Sun key to Mayan misery? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1337859.stm
The BBC report on a theory that Mayan astronomy may have been inspired by fluctuations in the brightness of the sun.
The Maya Astronomy Page http://www.michielb.nl/maya/
Contains study of Maya mathematics, geographical orientation, writing, calendar, and Maya-related links.

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