tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post8027940377597216422..comments2024-03-18T05:08:29.201-07:00Comments on Publishing Archaeology: Did the Maya predict the end of the world in 2012 ?Michael E. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942595266312225661noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-32658646696277773662012-12-09T18:49:17.704-07:002012-12-09T18:49:17.704-07:00I personally think all of the 2012 world-ending be...I personally think all of the 2012 world-ending believers are much too gullible. They just take "scholars" words for anything without the actual data... because obviously there really is no data supporting the Maya prediction of the world ending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-45838557932043491152012-12-09T18:48:50.324-07:002012-12-09T18:48:50.324-07:00I personally think all of the 2012 world-ending be...I personally think all of the 2012 world-ending believers are much too gullible. They just take "scholars" words for anything without the actual data... because obviously there really is no data supporting the Maya prediction of the world ending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-20287459714593491972012-02-10T08:07:48.286-07:002012-02-10T08:07:48.286-07:00Here is a more plausible explanation for the impor...Here is a more plausible explanation for the importance of the key date in 2012:<br /><br />http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=4593<br /><br />Check it out! (Thanks to Cindy for the link)Michael E. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942595266312225661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-8727138460021264092012-01-29T12:54:09.638-07:002012-01-29T12:54:09.638-07:00Excellent informative & concise post!Excellent informative & concise post!Anastasia Tsalikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03280836228829626110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-3538638188658875052012-01-07T16:15:58.216-07:002012-01-07T16:15:58.216-07:00I just found a great paper that reviews the histor...I just found a great paper that reviews the history of new-age ideas about 2012 and the end of the world: "A critical history of 2012 mythology" by John Hoopes. It's posted on Academia.edu:<br /><br />http://kansas.academia.edu/hoopes/Papers/816280/A_Critical_History_of_2012_Mythology<br /><br />Hoopes is less cynical than I am, attributing much of the hype to honest expression of ideas by new-age thinkers. I tend to attribute the furor, at least over the past year or two, to unscrupulous authors trying to make a buck. I'm sure both forces are at play, but how to measure them is a methodological problem.Michael E. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942595266312225661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-54616250280142120082012-01-07T13:58:17.126-07:002012-01-07T13:58:17.126-07:00@Michael and Johan:
I think you guys are onto som...@Michael and Johan:<br /><br />I think you guys are onto something with this whole 2027 thing.<br /><br />By the way, I heard something about this Mesoamerican expert...Ryan Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008425994341539639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-43970279065253088182012-01-05T12:03:30.200-07:002012-01-05T12:03:30.200-07:00Hi Michael! I enjoy your post, as always, and agr...Hi Michael! I enjoy your post, as always, and agree with you about the Maya getting all the attention and the 2012 end, blah, blah, blah. That's partly what prompted me to write my book, EFFIGY. Yeah, it's another commercialization of Mesoamerica that you can find on Amazon, but I hoped to dispell a lot of the hoopla about 2012 with it, give the Toltec/Aztec cultures their due respect and offer an exciting story all at the same time. You may enjoy it and I hope you won't be too critical if you do read it!Theresa Danleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04387526042667625234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-60233889400449933052011-12-26T15:46:23.269-07:002011-12-26T15:46:23.269-07:00Many people still believe that 2012 will be the en...Many people still believe that 2012 will be the end of the world...how about you? What if it doesn't end this year? What will you be doing to succeed in 2012? Read Michael Drew's article here... <br /><br />http://dld.bz/readyfor2012Kit Quitonhttp://www.beneaththecover.com/2011/12/22/on-freedom-and-gratitude/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-15749920769187170202011-12-22T23:38:19.296-07:002011-12-22T23:38:19.296-07:00That has been my plan all along. I will come up wi...That has been my plan all along. I will come up with a new correlation constant that will make 13 Baktun end in 2027 and secure my future retirement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-80926302528684394672011-12-22T20:11:41.569-07:002011-12-22T20:11:41.569-07:00Not related to current post, but wanted to let you...Not related to current post, but wanted to let you know "Publishing Archaeology" and "Wide Urban World" included in an attempt at comprehensive anthropology blog list and through 31 December, can vote for <a href="http://anthropologyreport.com/survey-10-best-anthropology-blogs/" rel="nofollow">10 best anthropology blogs</a>.Jason Antrosiohttp://anthropologyreport.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-38806200545107070002011-12-22T11:03:57.580-07:002011-12-22T11:03:57.580-07:00@Johan- (1) I was hoping to avoid all the technica...@Johan- (1) I was hoping to avoid all the technical complexities of the Maya calendar, which quickly get beyond my competence.<br /><br />(2) As for 2027, maybe we can figure out a way to make some big bucks on that. If worthless authors are making money on 2012, why can't we cash in for 2012 or for 2027? What if someone were to invent a fictitious Aztec expert, so that by 2027 this person might seem credible. Then publish a best-seller under that name. Perhaps a scholar at an obscure North Korean institute.Michael E. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942595266312225661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-73190485691803812112011-12-21T22:13:47.320-07:002011-12-21T22:13:47.320-07:00Btw, as a joke on a couple of internet forums and ...Btw, as a joke on a couple of internet forums and on my blog I have suggested that the 2012ers should focus on 2027 instead. Indeed, some people have taken this seriously and googled my name in combination with that year. So, if we have a 2027-phenomenon after 2012 fails, you know who to blame...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-59238994244728512482011-12-21T22:10:06.746-07:002011-12-21T22:10:06.746-07:00I do not believe the Long Count will reset on 13 B...I do not believe the Long Count will reset on 13 Baktun (whether or not that date falls on December 21, 2012 is another matter since Gerardo Aldana has shown how problematic the GMT correlation is). The whole basis for this view is that there are "pre-era" dates that mention events before the current creation and these are given as Long Count dates, i.e. in another "cycle". However, as Gronemeyer and MacLeod show this may be a convention used by scribes lacking negative numbers (like our BC dates). Or it could be that the Long Count of five digits simply is a short-hand version of a much grander Long Count (suggested by David Stuart). In Stuart's model, based on Stela 1 at Coba, we have a grand cycle of over 70 Octillion years. In any case, there is no evidence from the Classic period of multiple creations (like the Aztec Suns). There are from the Postclassic period and later (Popol Vuh, etc), after centuries of contacts with central Mexico. <br /><br />http://haecceities.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/2012-national-geographic-partly-misrepresents-the-long-count/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com