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Image 1-Bar and Dot Number System." In Biographies and Primary Sources, edited by Sonia G. Benson, Sarah Hermsen, and Deborah J. Baker, 87-92. Vol. 3 of Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library. Detroit, MI: UXL, 2005. Gale In Context: High School (accessed October 1, 2025). https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3424400066/GPSu=va_s_068_0330&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=540ce4c8.
Image 2- WALMSLEY, ANGELA L. E., and Thomasenia Lott Adams. “MATH ROOTS: Understanding Aztec and Mayan Numeration Systems.” Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School 12, no. 1 (2006): 55–62. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41164027.
Image 3- BLUME, ANNA. “Maya Concepts of Zero.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 155, no. 1 (2011): 51–88. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23056849.