Hi Jonny,

Yes - this is certainly fascinating!

Whilst it would be very intriguing to link ice core evidence with ancient calendars, my understanding is that the Mayan calendar was essentially based on mythological criteria, which would mean that any apparent correlations with meteorological phenomena were purely coincidental (on the basis that dates of mythical Mayan events supposedly far back in time were simply mythical inventions coined in a much later era, rather than remembered historical events).

Of course, if the technical problems with ice core data, bristlecone pine data, etc., could be satisfactorily resolved, and a stronger correlation shown to exist with the calendar, I'm sure there would be a lot of head-scratching!

I take your point about the origins of the Christian calendar ... except, of course, that the analogy only works up to a point, as I don't think that there's any suggestion of the Christian calendar being linked to ice cores, etc.

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