On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > But just like other time scales, how did those mesoAmericans reconcile > >> their 360 day cycle to 365.25... day intervals between solstices? > >> > > > They had a five day ong party wherethey didn't work. They took those days > off. Not kidding, they resync'd every year. Kind of like leap days all > stuck on the end of the year. > Just to nitpick: 1. If you are a hunter/gatherer, no work for 5 days leaves you in very bad shape 2. If you are a farmer, no work for 5 days could kill you next year The idea of a multi-day holiday can only occur in a capitalist, wage slave, economy, I think. -- Sanjeev Gupta +65 98551208 http://www.linkedin.com/in/ghane _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
