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Há 2 dias · Pre-Columbian era. The Maya Temple of Kukulcán (top), the Aztec sun stone (middle) and the Inca city of Machu Picchu (bottom) are among the most lasting built or constructed achievements of pre-Columbian civilizations.
Há 1 dia · Maya script, also known as Maya glyphs, is historically the native writing system of the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and is the only Mesoamerican writing system that has been substantially deciphered. The earliest inscriptions found which are identifiably Maya date to the 3rd century BCE in San Bartolo, Guatemala.
Há 5 dias · Although the Maya were the most advanced pre-Columbian civilization in the hemisphere, they were never unified. Unlike the Aztec and Inca empires, their autonomous city-states remained independent, presaging the political fragmentation that would characterize Central America to the present day.
Há 20 horas · Prehistoric and traditional agriculture in the lowlands of Mesoamerica—notably the Maya lowlands, the Gulf Coast, and the Pacific Coast of southern Chiapas (Mexico) and Guatemala—from the Archaic (ca. 8000/7000–2000 bc) through the Preclassic/Formative (2000 bc–ad 250) and into the Classic (ad 250–900) period, are covered.
30 de jun. de 2024 · Maya engineers and technicians developed advanced structural mechanisms for constructing their grand high-rise cities and long span structures. A mechanism known as the “Maya arch” was the basic structural element used by Maya engineers to build their buildings.
Há 5 dias · There are only a few Middle Preclassic examples of the triadic pyramid complex, although their exact chronology might not be secure. No securely established forerunners of Triadic Groups are known, but they may have developed from the eastern range building of E-Group observatory complexes.
Há 3 dias · The model for the caah was (and remains) nature and the cosmos, where the Maya observed constancy, beauty, pattern and cyclical motion—the apparent features of absolute reality. Modeling these in architectural structures and houses, they created sacred spaces distinct from the wilds.
