lived around the regions of Central America to Mexico. The Mayans were known as a peaceful and well civilized group with a not so understandable alphabet but an amazing knowledge of science (astronomy) and mathematics. The Mayans were divided in three areas and each area possessing their own culture: the northern Maya tribe in the Yucatan Peninsula‚ the southern Mayans in the Peten district of northern Guatemala‚ and the southern Mayans in the mountainous region of southern Guatemala.
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The mayan people emerged in the region that today is called Mesoamerica‚ today located in the South Mexico and Guatemala. This civilizacion achieve important techological advances like written‚ Mathematics‚ Architecture‚ maya calendar and astronomy. Mayans were astronomers‚ they use a calendar‚ they could essentially predict the future. They believed that the stars and the moon were gods. The mayan were very religious‚ they built big cities and grates beautiful temples with the objective to
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The objectives of this exercise are to learn to recognize‚ characterize‚ and interpret the Olmec style. Through the exercise you should develop the ability to: 1. Recognize the Olmec style‚ to distinguish it from other Mesoamerican styles‚ and to describe the elements that constitute the style. For example‚ the style is recognizable by its smooth‚ rounded representations; it is unlike the Zapotec style which is much more ornate. 2. Recognize possible meanings of some of themes embodied in the
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The Olmecs were farmers‚ traders‚ artists innovators. The Olmec culture first emerged in the Isthmus region of Tehuantepec. The site of San Lorenzo‚ which sits on the Coatzacoalcos River‚ sheds the most light on this mysterious culture. During this time period‚ The Initail Formative‚ food surplus sparked an increase in population and career specialization. With the increase of specialization and sedentism came the environment for complex culture. The Olmec people were farmers‚ "using ground-stone
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in the North‚ Copan and Honduras in the East‚ and Calakmul in the South. These cities were very large with populations of over 100‚000. They had highly organized city centers‚ and built pyramids‚ stone buildings‚ plazas‚ and ballcourts. The Classic Mayan political landscape was highly complex and has been likened to that of Renaissance Italy and Classical Greece. During the early Classic‚ the cities were influenced by Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico. A Classic period Maya community was a small
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The Mayans are very fascinating as they were ahead of their time with their inventions and way of living. The Maya believes that everything in life are of purpose and has some sacredness attached to it. Since every aspect in life has a sacredness attached to it‚ the Mayans believed in an astounding number of gods estimated to about 166 deities (Nancy). The Mayans also believed in recurring creation and destruction. Such beliefs leads to sacrificial rituals. Mayans also created their own calendar
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The Olmec culture has associated their art with the jaguar. To them‚ the jaguar is a powerful and mysterious animal that they would worship. Infantile sculptures that were created by the Olmec were found in Mesoamerica. The sculptures are those of naked infants where the sex is usually not denoted. Some of the sculptures can be found with feline characteristics such as that of a jaguar’s mouth. There is speculation that the mouths of the figures appear to be of jaguars due to the similarity between
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Mayan Mystery Theory Professor Wilkinson Strayer University HUM 111 Shaun Broadnax October 31‚ 2012 Mayan Mystery Theory The Maya are often referred to as the most well-known classical civilization of the Mesoamerican region. They are thought to have first originated around 2600 B.C. in the Yucatan and their society flourished during the Classic Period from 300 A.D. to 900 A.D. They inhabited the land presently known as Southern Mexico‚ Guatemala‚ Northern Belize‚ and Honduras. Their
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representation of caves in Olmec art and their actual use of caves like that of Oxtotitlan and Juxtlahuaca with the artificial cave under the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan. List any possible symbolic meanings of caves and their images. With what religious beliefs do they seem to be connected? There are records of the Olmecs once being present at certain sites. These indications are found on rock paintings and carvings inside the caves left behind by the Olmecs. These artworks are usually
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The Mayans of Mesoamerica The ancient Mayans were a very well developed society with a very accurate calendar‚ skilled architects‚ artisans‚ extensive traders and hunters. They are known to have developed medicine and astronomy as well. All of this was developed while the Europeans were still in the Dark Ages. Their empire covered an area of roughly 400‚000 to 500‚000 square kilometers. This area included the present day countries of Belize‚ Guatemala‚ western Honduras and El Salvador
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