Mayans The Mayan civilization is in the eastern third of Mesoamerica, mostly in the yucatan peninsula. There were many dangerous animals were the Mayans lived, some of them were jaguars, crocodiles, Bull sharks and many species of poisonous shakes. The mayans had to avoid these animals when they were hunting for food in the forests. The highlands and the lowlands of the Mayan territory had much different climates. The lowlands were cooler and drier than the highlands and the highlands had more dense forest than the lowlands.
The highlands and lowlands were both really important for trade because in the lowlands they grew a lot of crops for people to eat and they grew cotton that they made clothing out of. In the highlands there were many precious metals that they made jewelry out of. They traveled on the rivers, the Usumacinta and the Grijalva, for trade and transportation. …show more content…
they did art on a lot of stuff like paper, plaster, carvings in wood and stone, clay and succuto models, and terra cotta figurines. They were also highly skilled metal workers but metal was scarce so they didn’t make a whole lot of stuff out of metal. The mayan kings had allot of art made in memory of them so people could always see them in paintings and sculptures after they died. The main idea of their art was was the powerful men and women in their society. One of the best Mayan arts is the hieroglyphic stairway in copan.
The peak of the Mayan empire was 250 A.D. There were 40 cities that ranged from 5,000 people to 500,000 people. At the peak the mayan civilization could have had as many as 2,000,000 people.They built plazas, palaces, temples and pyramids, as well as courts for playing the ball games that were politically significant to Mayan culture. The cities were surrounded by large farms. Farmers used the slash and burn method of farming but there is also evidence of them using irrigation and
The highlands and lowlands were both really important for trade because in the lowlands they grew a lot of crops for people to eat and they grew cotton that they made clothing out of. In the highlands there were many precious metals that they made jewelry out of. They traveled on the rivers, the Usumacinta and the Grijalva, for trade and transportation. …show more content…
they did art on a lot of stuff like paper, plaster, carvings in wood and stone, clay and succuto models, and terra cotta figurines. They were also highly skilled metal workers but metal was scarce so they didn’t make a whole lot of stuff out of metal. The mayan kings had allot of art made in memory of them so people could always see them in paintings and sculptures after they died. The main idea of their art was was the powerful men and women in their society. One of the best Mayan arts is the hieroglyphic stairway in copan.
The peak of the Mayan empire was 250 A.D. There were 40 cities that ranged from 5,000 people to 500,000 people. At the peak the mayan civilization could have had as many as 2,000,000 people.They built plazas, palaces, temples and pyramids, as well as courts for playing the ball games that were politically significant to Mayan culture. The cities were surrounded by large farms. Farmers used the slash and burn method of farming but there is also evidence of them using irrigation and