JJ: Fascinating people, the Mayans. Their year had 18 months, of which the

names were as follows: Pop, Uo, Zip, Zotz, Tzec, Xuc, Yaxkin, Mol, Chen,

Yax, Zac, Ceh, Mac, Kankin, Maun, Pax, Kayab and Cumku. The numbering of

days in each month began with zero. The first day of the year, that is Pop

0 (properly known as “the seating of Pop”), was sometime in July.