Did Native Americans have Calendars?
July 20, 2017
7,291
419
90
6.98%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Segments
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelYou asked for more indigenous technologies, and so today I’m going to tell you about how native american peoples kept track of time.
What we call the "new" world is actually really ancient with lots of amazing history often not given attention. This series tells those stories
SUBSCRIBE and join us!
Step Back is made possible by the generous contributions of viewers like you, consider helping at
Step Back is a history channel releasing videos biweekly that endeavors to go past the names, dates, and battles you might find elsewhere. It invites you to take a step back, consider the past and how it connects to today. We search for the quirky, unconventional, and just plain weird parts of our collective story.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:
Did Columbus Really Discover America?
Daesh (ISIS) are not Good Muslims
New World Technology Before Columbus Feat. Soliloquy
What's the Craziest Iowa Caucus?
The Richest Person Ever
I would like to thank the following patrons for their support of this video:
Fedor Steeman
SirionAUT
Mom and Dad
Sources:
Aguilar-Moreno, Manuel. Handbook to life in the Aztec world. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
"Aztec Sun Stone." The New York Times. January 01, 2006. Accessed July 03, 2017.
Keoke, Emory Dean, and Kay Marie Porterfield. Encyclopedia of American Indian contributions to the world 15,000 years of inventions and innovations. New York: Checkmark, 2003.
"Maya civilization." Canadian Museum of History. Accessed July 03, 2017.
"National Geographic Society." Aztec Sun Stone Photo, Download, Photos National Geographic. Accessed July 03, 2017.
"The Calendar System." Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Accessed July 03, 2017.
"The Lakota Moon Calendar." Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center. Accessed July 03, 2017.
Vigil, Angel, and Francisco Miraval. The eagle on the cactus: traditional stories from Mexico: traditional stories from Mexico = El águila encima de un nopal: cuentos tradicionales de México. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.
Credits:
Photo:
Fcb981
Rogelio Paiz
Anagoria
Antony Stanley
Diego Delso
Ed Ogle
GothamNurse
Bernard Gagnon
LearningLark
European Space Agency (ESA/Hubble)
CJLL Wright
ProtoplasmaKid
Antony Stanley
QuartierLatin1968
Music:
Music from Jukedeck create your own at
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Please watch: "Is America REALLY a Democracy?"
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.