Re: orthographic borrowings

wayne chevrier wrote:
> The Maya got their calendar from the Olmecs, August 11
> is probably the correct date (otherwise everyone still
> using the calendar round is off by 2 days)
Which is why I placed the 11 first, but for some reason, there's a lot
of people who seem to go by the August 13 date, claiming that at some
point the calendar "slipped" two days, not explaining why it would do
so.  I'm sure there must be SOME reason for supposing 8/13/3114 BC to be
correct.

I didn't know about their getting their calendar from the Olmecs.  Did
the Maya get their *entire* calendar from the Olmecs, or only part of it
(like, say, just the Haab and the Tzolkin)?

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