../code/conceptPage.scroll id maya-numerals name Maya numeral system appeared -300 tags numeralSystem description The Maya numeral system is a vigesimal (base-20) positional numeral system used by the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization. The numerals are made up of three symbols: zero (a shell shape), one (a dot), and five (a bar). For example, the number nineteen is written with three bars and four dots. wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_numerals