Copán

people as “idolatry, divorce, sacrificial, and slave traders” (qtd. in Gibson 13). Nearly three centuries after de Landa’s account, the U.S explorer John Lloyd Stephens noted his discovery of an altar among the ruins of a Central American city called Copán, with the company of British architect Fredrick Catherwood (Gibson 13). They had rediscovered the ruins described in de Landa’s works, only Stephens and Catherwood contradicted de Landa’s statements by stating “our findings gave us the…

What is the best place to visit in Honduras? Because Honduras is the easiest and safest place to be in, there are also certain tourist spots where you might want to be when you visit. The Copan ruins is an ancient Maya tribe that was discovered 600 years ago and is a place to visit in Honduras. This place was occupied at least 2000 years ago by a tribe named Maya. A tourist location named Pico Bonito National Park is located in the Nobre…

In the documentary Cracking the Maya Code, we follow the process of how the glyphs were deciphered by a team of archaeologists, artists, adventurers, and linguistists. The reason why nobody could understand the glyphs stemmed in the 16th century when the Spanish Inquisition came to the “New World”. Diego De Landa played a major role in the destruction of the Maya code, his mission was to convert the Mayan to Catholicism. However, he saw them as “devil worshipers” as they believe in making…

That summer taught me this new idea. That was the summer I met Maria. Our visit lasted about a month. It was just my mother, my two younger siblings and I. Most of our stay in Honduras was spent with my aunts and my grandmother in La Entrada, Copan. The time we spent vacationing was unforgettable, but my mother had one last trip in…

The Mayans: Civilization The Mayan Civilization was an American Native Civilization which grew to be one of the many advanced civilizations in America. The Mayans lived in Eastern and Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Western Honduras. While living in these various places the Mayans built enormous stone pyramids, temples and sculptures. The Mayans also had many accomplishments in mathematics and astronomy, which were recorded in hieroglyphics. Around 900 the Mayans…

When thinking about the Mayan civilization in the common mind, anemia is most likely not even a thought associated with the Maya. Instead, one may think of the architecture, culture, and reputation. In a 2011 article published by Katie Whitaker for the University of Ontario Journal of Anthropology, she explains the correlation between the Maya population and the evidence of anemia that was often overlooked since it was not a life-threatening disease such as the more common diseases like syphilis…

Divine Thirteen: The Sacred Aztec Number Throughout the world, the number thirteen is fraught with varying degrees of superstition. In most cultures today, the number is seen as an ill omen meant to be avoided. Rarely will the number ever be considered lucky or have a positive connotation. In the time of the Aztec Empire in the Valley of Mexico (1318 C.E. – 1524 C.E), however, thirteen was a sacred number that reflected the beliefs of the Aztec people; not only was it symbolic for the empire’s…

Food related to History Before 1500s The Maya Maize God Statue (MacGregor,pg 49) is a stone statue found in the Copan,Honduras area and has been dated back to 715 AD. The statue represents both the cycle of Agriculture which is planting and putting seeds in the ground to harvesting and receiving what you have worked hard for it. Also, represents the human life cycle of birth and growth and then eventually death or consumption. They think that the statue represented corn or maize…

construct giant monuments of stone, such as temples, pyramids, and palaces; Tikal, the capital of the Maya civilization, was known for pyramid building. Palenque is a famous Maya city, known for its soft lime stone sculptures. A Mayan city, called Copan, is known for its “Temple of the Hieroglyphic Stairway,” which had more than 2,000 glyphs adorning its 63 steps; the temple contains the longest known engraving of the ancient Maya, conveying the histories of the rulers (Owen Jarus). An intricate…

the Maya area as chronological indicators. This classification schematic that Vaillant (1927) devised created a hierarchal grouping of ceramic wares as they were found within specific stratigraphic contexts at the sites of Chichen Itza, Homul, and Copan. They were then separated by slip color and surface finish respectively (Kosakowsky 1983). Taxonomically below wares si the category ‘type '. Type is based on of both the characteristics of external décor and presence or absence of décor.…