How The Maya People Lived?

There are ruined citadels and imposing public squares that reveal three stages of development in which evolved temples, plazas, altars, and ball courts. Art and hieroglyphs adorn the ruins. Archaeologists discovered a monumental stairway in the plaza that depicts the history of Copan with more than 1800 individual glyphs. The Mayan elite had a practice of burying their ancestor’s in front of their dwellings, they considered this a place of honor. This is important to archaeologists as it enables them to study and reconstruct how the Mayan people lived. Archaeologists study the skeletal remains and can decipher clues about how the Mayan people lived. The items that were found in these burials also helped to determine social class and showed signs of wealth. All throughout the ruins of Copan can be found strange figures which depict spirits and the sculptures that adorn the facades of the buildings showed a high status or royalty lived in those dwellings. …show more content…
This site is referred to as the City of the gods and significant monuments, such as the Pyramid of the Sun, the Pyramid of the Moon, and the Temple of Quetzalcoatl have been discovered. These monuments are found in whats know as the Avenue of the