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Hi.
Who were the Mayans?
After Spanish conquest…
Publications of John Lloyd Stevens
and
Frederick Catherwood…
…AWAKENED
new interest.
Stelae…stone Slabs1864- 1822
Mayan glyphs……recorded the
history of the Mayan Cities
In 1973…
Glyphs =Spoken language
Pre -Classical Period (1500 BC- 200 AD)
Maya people developed Agriculture…
…Built VILLAGES near riverbanks.
Rivers
Olmec Influence
Social Stratification
(900 BC- 300 BC)
Tree of Life
The Classic Maya Period(250-900)
Early (250- 600)
Late (600- 800)
Terminal (800-900)
Early (250- 600)
Late (600- 800)
Terminal (800-900)
Guatemalan highlands
Mayan Lowlands
Yaxchilan and Uxmal flourished…
…this was during the 8th and 9th centuries.
Yaxchilan flourished in 320 – 790…
… but declined in 790 – 810.
Uxmal (850- 925)
The Palenque Kingdom (431)
…Finally petered out
by the end of the 8th century.
Maya Rituals
Sacrifices
ObsidianBlade
Maya Collapse after the 8th century
What’s the Point?