Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation

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The Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation is the most widely accepted scholarly conversion formula that aligns dates in the ancient Maya Long Count calendar with the Gregorian calendar.

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instanceOf Maya calendar correlation ⓘ
chronological correlation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs GMT correlation ⓘ
Goodman correlation ⓘ
Goodman-Martinez-Thompson correlation ⓘ
appliesTo Gregorian calendar ⓘ
Maya Long Count calendar ⓘ
basedOn Venus observations in the Dresden Codex ⓘ
astronomical data in Maya inscriptions ⓘ
eclipse records in Maya texts ⓘ
historical records of colonial-period Maya dates ⓘ
competesWith Lounsbury correlation ⓘ
Spinden correlation ⓘ
other proposed Maya-Gregorian correlations ⓘ
definesEpoch Maya Long Count 0.0.0.0.0 = Julian day number 584283 ⓘ
developedBy J. Eric S. Thompson ⓘ
Joseph Goodman ⓘ
Juan Martínez Hernández ⓘ
fieldOfUse Mesoamerican studies ⓘ
archaeoastronomy ⓘ
chronology ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ
hasCorrelationConstant 584283 ⓘ
hasKeyAssumption accuracy of astronomical identifications in Maya texts ⓘ
continuity between pre-Columbian and colonial Maya calendrical practice ⓘ
hasUncertainty disagreement of a few days among different GMT variants ⓘ
hasVariantConstant 584285 ⓘ
584286 ⓘ
isMostWidelyAcceptedBy Maya calendar scholars ⓘ
Maya epigraphers ⓘ
Mesoamerican archaeologists ⓘ
mapsToGregorianDate Maya Long Count 0.0.0.0.0 = 11 August 3114 BCE (proleptic Gregorian, GMT 584283) ⓘ
Maya Long Count 13.0.0.0.0 = 21 December 2012 (Gregorian, GMT 584283) ⓘ
namedAfter J. Eric S. Thompson ⓘ
Joseph Goodman ⓘ
Juan Martínez Hernández ⓘ
supportedBy correspondence between Venus tables and modern astronomy ⓘ
correspondence between recorded eclipses and calculated eclipses ⓘ
timePeriodOfDevelopment late 19th century ⓘ
timePeriodOfRefinement early 20th century ⓘ
usedFor aligning Maya Long Count dates with the Gregorian calendar ⓘ
conversion between Maya Long Count and Western calendar dates ⓘ
usedIn chronologies of Maya archaeology ⓘ
conversion tables for Maya calendar dates ⓘ
dating of Classic Maya inscriptions ⓘ
interpretation of Maya historical events ⓘ

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Long Count calendar → hasCorrelationConstant → Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation ⓘ
Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation → alsoKnownAs → Goodman-Martinez-Thompson correlation ⓘ
linked to: Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation
Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation → alsoKnownAs → Goodman correlation ⓘ
linked to: Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation
Lounsbury correlation → alternativeTo → Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation ⓘ
Lounsbury correlation → comparedWith → Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation ⓘ
GMT correlation → fullName → Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation ⓘ
Long Count → hasCorrelationConstant → Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation (GMT) ⓘ
linked to: Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation
Juan Martínez Hernández → contributedTo → Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation ⓘ
Joseph Goodman → knownFor → Goodman–Martínez–Thompson correlation ⓘ