Maya civilization

Lono and Kū are two Hawaiian gods that were most often represented through feathered basketry and wooden sculptures. Lono is known as the god of agriculture, plants, rain, pigs, peace, and most often connected to the idea of genealogy; while Kū is well known as the god of war, forests, canoes, houses, and crafts. These are two opposing gods in Hawaiian culture and are dependent on each other because of their juxtaposition to one another. They complete a sort of higher balance between each other…

The history of mathematics in the near consisted of three distinct divisions of time. The mid-third millennium is when there became evidence for knowledge of symmetry and geometry. Then continuing on into the later third millennium the establishment of accounting for time and labor became prevalent as well as the use of the sexagesimal place value system. The first systematic accounting techniques were developed in the southern Iraq city of Uruk as a result of a growth in the size of the city by…

Situated in central New Mexico, starting to the South in Tijeras and the Cibola National Forest and ending in the San Marcos/Lone Butte Area, the Turquoise Trail is a scenic and historic area which covers roughly 15,000 square miles, and connects Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The name is derived from the blue-green turquoise precious stone first mined by the early Pueblo people, who lived along the Rio Grande River as far back as 900 A.D. Mining and gold rush, Native American spirituality and…

Mexico is located between the United States and Central America. It’s known for its Pacific and Gulf of Mexico beaches. One popular beach is the Orange Beach, when you think about this beach they said think about Myrtle Beach. It’s also known for its diverse landscape of Mountains, Jungles, and deserts. You would think Mexico wouldn’t have any jungles, just all deserts. Mexico has many cities, but the capital is Mexico City. The population is more than 8 million people that was as of 2010. Some…

Jaguar Paws, lives in hunter gatherer village deep in the forest. The Maya were an agriculture society, hunting was a minor percentage of their daily activity and nutrition. In addition meat was a luxury. The forest featured in the movie seems to be well maintained therefor I could not envisioned an agriculture society living there (ch.15) According to chapter 15 of Lowland Mesoamerica the village farmers were increasing agricultural productivity. More intense agriculture and widespread trade…

The earliest evidence of Mesoamerican interaction with the Northern American traditions is the emergence of the cultivation of maize in the American Southwest. While there are differencing opinions on the specific location of this introduction, the roots of the maize tradition are found in the deep in the heart of the southern Mesoamerican region of the North American continent. Contemporary studies of the pollen records of the early form of the what we call corn today, Zea Mays, along with…

inside the original El Castillo temple. To find the other pyramid inside archeologist have used a modern electrical imagined technology called tri-dimensional electric resistivity tomography also known as ERT-3D. The “first structure may be in the "pure Maya" style from between 500 and 800 A.D.” (Stevenson) and was originally discovered back in 1930. More interesting the style seems to be pure Mayan and if further researched it can possibly tell us more about the first people who lived there.…

Teotihuacan was the dominant civilisation of Mesoamerica in the 5th century. The origin, history and culture of Teotihuacan have been vast and abstruse areas of research, which rely decisively on masses of evidence found at the site of pyramids, temples and neighbourhoods in a sub-valley inside the Valley of Mexico. Since the earliest excavations of Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora in the 17th century, the nature of Teotihuacanos society has been a persisting mystery however, through the utilisation…

Chapter 2 is about the Olmecs, civilizations, colossal heads, and sculptures. They had their civilizations in places like San Lorenzo, La Venta, and Laguna de Los Cerros. One of the most important objects to the Olmecs was the Kunz Axe, which was made of jade and jade power. Kunz Axe had a jaguar shaped mouth and almond shapes eyes and it represented a chief that transformed himself into the jaguar for power. Olmecs had a Olmec dragon that look similar to a crocodile and represented a raptorial…

The Maya created one of the most advanced civilizations in the world here's why I think that. The Maya were around in the time 250 AD-900 AD until they suddenly disappeared. They lived in many different places such as Southern Central Mexico, Central America, and the Yucatan Peninsula. The Mayans were a highly developed, complex society because they were dominant to their neighbors and others. For example they had good soldiers and a good use of weapons. They did human sacrifices to keep their…