Picturing the PastMaya Calendar This Maya calendar (at right) from Yaxchilan, Mexico, bears a date equivalent to February 11, 526 C.E. The animals represent blocks of time, while the dots and profiles of gods mark numbers. The monkey (right column, second from top) signals a day date. The day is defined by the god’s head in its hand, which means six, and the skull beneath the hand, which means ten: sixteen days. (Otis Imboden/National Geographic Creative)ANALYZING THE IMAGE Calendars show not only dates but also the sense of time of the people who used them. What do the figures in this calendar show you about the Maya and their world?CONNECTIONS How does the Maya system of numbers (left) resemble other numerical systems with which you are familiar?