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The Age of Things
Transcript of The Age of Things
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The Age of Things:Sticks, Stones and the Universe
Lecture 1: Introduction,
the time scales of the universeand the calendars of the Maya
http://cfcp.uchicago.edu/~mmhedman/compton1.html
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The plan
1. Introduction; the time scales of the Universe and the calendars of the Maya
2. Precession, Polaris and the Pyramids of Egypt
3. The Quantum Physics Principles of Carbon 14 Dating
4. The Archeaological Reality of Carbon 14 Dating
5. Potassium, Argon and Walking Upright
6. Molecular Dating and the Many Different Types of Mammals
7. Meteorites and the Origin of the Solar System
8. Colors, Brightness and the Age of Stars
9. The Age of the Universe, Part I
10. The Age of the Universe and Concluding Remarks
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Warning!
AstrophysicistJuggling
Too ManySubjects!
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The Timescales of the Universe
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The Timescales of the Universe
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The Timescales of the Universe
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The Timescales of the Universe
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The Timescales of the Universe
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The Timescales of the Universe
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Piedras Negras Stela 3, Drawn by Linda Schele
The Calendars of the Classic Maya
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~300-900 CE
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Calendars are the Key to Mayan History
Mayan Texts providedating informationfor nearly every eventthey record
Piedras Negras Stela 3, Drawn by Linda Schele
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Warning! Astrophysicisttalking about Mayan
Hieroglyphs!
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The Calendar of the Maya: The Long Count
9 . 12 . 2 . 0 . 16
9 * 144000 + 12*7200 + 2*360 + 0*20 + 16 days
= 1,383,136 Days since August 3114 BCE
The Long Count is the number of daysthat have elapsed since some eventlong ago (in 3114 BCE)
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The Calendar of the Maya: The Calendar Round
The Calendar Round is a combination of 260 day cycle(the Tzolkin) and a 365 day cycle (the Haab), whichtogether make a cycle of 18,980 days (about 52 years)
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Using the Mayan Calendar to Translate Mayan Texts
A Few Decades A Few Decades A Few Days
In 1960, Tatiana Proskouriakoff found that in related collections oftexts, there were four texts that always occurred in a fixedsequence.
Drawings by J. Montgomery
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Using the Mayan Calendar to Translate Mayan Texts
A Few Decades A Few Decades A Few Days
Using the dates of these events, she interpreted these as importantevents in one person’s history. This proved Mayan texts containedhistorical information and was instrumental in the translation ofthese texts.
Birth
Sih
Becoming Ruler
Hohya Ahawlel
Death
Kimi
Burial
Mukah
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The Life and Times of Yuknoom Ch’en
Calakmul
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Yuknoom Ch’en is Born
Yuknoom Ch’en becomesruler of Calakmul
Yich’aak K’ak’ is Born
Yich’aak K’ak’ becomesruler of Calakmul
Calakmul
La CoronaEl Peru
Events Recorded in and around Calakmul
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Yuknoom Ch’en is Born
Yuknoom Ch’enbecomes ruler ofCalakmul
Calakmul
Events before Yuknoom Ch’en Became ruler
PalenqueCaracol
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Drawn by Carl Beetz
Drawn by Ian Graham
Drawn by Ian Graham
100 miles
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Yuknoom Ch’en is Born
Yuknoom Ch’enbecomes ruler ofCalakmul
Calakmul
Events before Yuknoom Ch’en Became ruler
PalenqueCaracol
Scroll Serpent of Calakmul sacks Palenque
Yuknoom Chan of Calakmul oversees event at Caracol
Tajoom Uk’ab K’ak’becomes ruler of Calakmul
Tajoom Uk’ab K’ak’ dies
Yuknoom Head sacks Naranjo
Yuknoom Head of Calakmulsacks an unknown site
100 miles
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Yuknoom Ch’en is Born
Yuknoom Ch’en becomesruler of Calakmul
Calakmul
Yuknoom Ch’en’s early activities in the South
Dos Pilas
Cancuen
Yuknoom Ch’en overseesrituals at Cancuen
Balah Chan K’awil of Dos PilasDoes Battle as a servant ofYuknoom Ch’en
Tikal
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Yuknoom Ch’en is Born
Yuknoom Ch’en becomesruler of CalakmulCalakmul
Conflict with the lords of Mutul
Dos Pilas
Tikal
Yuknoom Ch’en sacks Tikal, drives Nuun Ujol Chaak into exile
Yuknoom Ch’en sacks Dos Pilas, drives Balah Chan K’awil into exile
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Yuknoom Ch’en is Born
Yuknoom Ch’en becomesruler of CalakmulCalakmul
Attention turns Westwards
Piedras NegrasPalenque
Moral
Nuun Ujol K’awil arrives in Palenque
Calakmul oversees ritual in Piedras Negras
Yuknoom Ch’en oversees ritual in Moral
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Yuknoom Ch’en is Born
Yuknoom Ch’en becomesruler of CalakmulCalakmul
The end of the conflict with the Lord of Tikal
Dos Pilas
Tikal
Nuun Ujol Chaak of Tikal sacks Dos Pilas
Yuknoom Ch’en and Balah Chan K’awil of Dos Pilasbattle and defeat Nuun Ujol Chaak
Yuknoom Ch’en and Balah Chan K’awil Dance
Yich’aak K’ak’ becomesruler of Calakmul
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Next Time:
Precession, Polaris and the Pyramids