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