LIGHTNING SKY, RAIN, AND THE MAIZE GOD: The Ideology of ...
· In the Peten, the zenith date coincides with the May 10 date in our Gregorian calendar and the "normal" beginning of the rains. Thus, it was a pivotal moment common to the agrarian and solar year cycles. Marking those 20dayperiod intervals preceding the day of the passage of the sun at the zenith position with architectural features would have helped celebrate the arrival of the rains ...