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Há 17 horas · The Mayan languages [notes 1] form a language family spoken in Mesoamerica, both in the south of Mexico and northern Central America. Mayan languages are spoken by at least six million Maya people, primarily in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. In 1996, Guatemala formally recognized 21 Mayan languages by name, [1] [notes 2 ...
- 6.0 million
- Proto-Mayan
- One of the world's primary language families
Há 2 dias · Archaeologists divide the pre-Columbian history of Mesoamerica into the Preclassic period (3000 BC to 250 AD), the Classic period (250 to 900 AD), and the Postclassic period (900 to 1500 AD). Until recently, the Preclassic was regarded by researchers as a formative period, in which the peoples typically lived in huts in small ...
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Há 5 dias · A Lineage House And Temple. Where Maya kings held council and conducted shamanic rituals. Cerros is a gem! It’s one of my favorite sites and home to Fire Eyes Jaguar, the protagonist in my novel, Jaguar Rising. Overlooking Corozol Bay, this small-to-mid-size Late Preclassic site of 140 structures is located within two miles of the New River.
Há 3 dias · 1998 Preclassic Household Patterns Preserved under Volcanic Ash at Tetimpa, Puebla. Latin American Antiquity 9: 287-309 • Robichaux, David L. 1997 Residence Rules and Ultimogeniture in Tlaxcala and Mesoamerica. Ethnology 36: 149-171 • Sheets, Payson (editor) 2002 Before the Volcano Erupted: The Ancient Cerén Village in Central America.
Há 2 dias · The beautiful ruins were once the center of a large city, founded by Pakal the Great – a remarkable ancient Maya ruler who reigned from 615 to 683 AD. Evidence of the Mayan occupation in this fantastic part of Mexico dates way back to 600 CE, so there’s loads of exciting history to explore.
Há 2 dias · The prehispanic Maya books (called codices) illustrate the importance of cacao beans in ritual contexts. In this scene (pic 6), from the Dresden Codex, the god of sustenance K’awil holds a vessel with cacao beans. The caption reads “K’awil [and] the maize god’s sustenance [is] cacao. An abundance of food.”. Other examples of cacao use ...
Há 4 dias · Because cacao was considered so valuable in ancient Mexico, the Maya portrayed it as the first among the fruit trees grown from the Maize God’s abandoned body. But as we’ve seen, it certainly wasn’t the only one: the ‘death’ of the Maize God gave life not just to cacao or to maize but to ALL life-giving food plants.
