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Mayas
By: Wook-In, Sarah, Soo-Hyan and Carolina
Where Mayas lived
• The Mayas lived in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Belize.
Mayas Survival
• Your every day Maya person was a farmer who raised many crops and was treated with only a little more respect than a slave or criminal
The Artwork
• When the Maya were not working, they made many useful things like ...
• Stone tools• clay figures • jewelry
Animals Connected to the Mayas
• Spider Monkey• Peccary (wild pig)• Coatlmundi (related to
a raccoon)• Rattle Snake yellow
head • Parrot• Crocodile
Maya society
• It was broken into a class structure with main levels…
• The nobility• The priesthood• The common people• The Slaves
Religion and belief of Gods • The Mayas had many gods and goddesses.
They controlled every part of life from how the crops grew, to a person’s health to which city state
The Ceremonial centers and the Rituals
• They celebrated ceremonies in temples
• The temples were built at the top of the pyramids.
The Maya Calendar
• The Maya had a calendar with 365 days. There were 18 months of 20 days each. 5 days were added at the end of the calendar year. Writers made calendar showing the days of farming.
Mayan inventions
• Mayan inventions include the calendar in a complicated hieroglyphics system.
Mayas Architecture
• Maya architecture spans many thousands of years; yet, often most dramatic and easily recognizable as Maya are the fantastic stepped pyramids from the Terminal Pre-classic period and beyond.
References
• www.patentednews.com/category/mayan-inventions
• www.godchecker.com
• The Maya by Petra Press published in 2002