Richard Balthazar publishes Tonalpohualli, The Aztec Count of Days

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Richard Balthazar (M.A., Slavic Linguistics, 1966) writes:

After 5 years of research and artwork, in 2025 I completed a book on the Aztec ceremonial calendar entitled "Tonalpohualli, The Aztec Count of Days" available for free download.  Presenting and comparing the 20 "trecenas" from 6 historical "tonalamatls" (books of days) along with divinatory, mythological, and iconographic commentaries, the book is the only comprehensive explication of this ancient Mesoamerican calendar.

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