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Mission Statement

The Center for 2012 Studies is a think-tank dedicated to investigating how the ancient Maya conceived and thought about the 13-Baktun cycle ending of December 21, 2012. Evidence from a variety of disciplines will be assessed. Opinions and statements of scholars and investigators will be discussed. Links to pertinent academic resources will be provided. A space for comments and feedback will also be provided.

The Center for 2012 Studies is not a place for addressing the wide spectrum of pop culture manifestations in the "2012 phenomenon" or the mass media's distortion and abuse of Maya tradition. There are other places where that can be pursued. Here, we want to provide a clear space for investigating the origins of the Long Count system and the evidence that 2012 was an intentional artifact of the ancient Maya's calendrical cosmology.

 

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The Center for 2012 Studies, inaugurated and launched on August 26, 2009, is a non-profit entity