Everyday Life of the MayaDescribes the highly developed Mayan civilization noted for its achievements in architecture, mathematics, and astrology. |
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Acknowledgment | 9 |
Introduction | 9 |
The geographical background | 12 |
Copyright | |
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ancient archaeologist Aztecs Bacabs ball batab beans Belize birds Bishop de Landa Bonampak buildings calendar carved cenotes Central America centre century A.D. ceremonies chacs Chiapas Chiccans Chichen Itza chief civilization Classic Period clay coast cocoa-beans Codex colour copal Copan Cortes crops dance dates deciphered decorated depict early feathers feet forest glyphs gods Guatemala Haab halach uinic headdresses hieroglyphics highlands Honduras houses important Indians inscriptions jade jaguar Jaina jungle Kaminaljuyu katun known land lowland Madrid Codex maize Maya Mayan art Mayan cities Mayan hieroglyphics Mayan language Mayan peasant Mayan sculpture Mayan territory Mayapan Mexican Mexico Middle America miles murals nacom nobles Olmecs painted palaces Palenque peninsula perhaps Peten plazas priests probably quetzal Quetzalcoatl Quirigua rain-god religious ruins sacrifice seems slaves Spaniards Spanish conquest stelae stone stucco Tayasal temple pyramids Teotihuacan Tikal tortilla trees tribes tropical Tzolkin Uaxactun Usumacinta Uxmal Warriors women Xicalango Yaxchilan Yucatan