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?