The Mayan used a vigesimal (base 20) positional system and used a bar - , double bar = , and dot . to denote powers of 20. A shell symbol denoted zero. These were written vertically.
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Yes. Even so, that the Mayan numeral system was much more complex than the decimal system we use now: Maya numerals were a vigesimal (base twenty) numeral system.
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