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:::Any book on the Mayans will do really, but a good source for beginners is 1491 by Charles Mann, in which the earliest evidence of use of the zero is tracked back using the example of a gpyph from San José Mogote from the 8th century BC. And Conservapedia's [[Maya]] article mentions that they used it before the Europeans. [[User:JosephJackson|JosephJackson]] 19:24, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
 
:::Any book on the Mayans will do really, but a good source for beginners is 1491 by Charles Mann, in which the earliest evidence of use of the zero is tracked back using the example of a gpyph from San José Mogote from the 8th century BC. And Conservapedia's [[Maya]] article mentions that they used it before the Europeans. [[User:JosephJackson|JosephJackson]] 19:24, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
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::: Our entry dates the Mayans from "A.D. 300 to 900" and does NOT say they had zero before the Indian mathematicians.
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::: I'd like to see your best online support for your claim that the Mayans predated the Indians in inventing (discovering) zero, which should be easy if there are so many good sources.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 19:32, 4 August 2009 (EDT)
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