Open AccessAncient Maya May Have Foreseen Meteor Showers
Author(s) -
Kimberly Cartier
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo081711
Subject(s) - meteor (satellite) , maya , astrobiology , geology , astronomy , history , meteorology , geography , archaeology , physics
Modern astronomical techniques have uncovered clues to a possible facet of Mayan astronomy from nearly 2 millennia ago not found in surviving records.