Mayans Archive
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Will The World End On December 21, 2012?
Posted on December 20, 2012 | No CommentsDecember 21, 2012 is not the end of the world. Even the ancient Maya themselves did not think so. -
Turkeys were domesticated by Ancient Maya, study finds
Posted on November 22, 2012 | No CommentsThe Mexican turkey is the ancestor of all domestic turkeys consumed in the world today and Mesoamerica -
Maya Ritual and Myth: Human Sacrifice in the Context of the Ballgame and the Relationship to the Popol Vuh
Posted on September 24, 2012 | No CommentsWhat this paper intends to establish is the exploration of the role of ritual human sacrifice among the Maya with particular reference that this ritual possessed in the context of the ballgame. -
Why did the Mayan civilization collapse in the 9th century? Trade problems, climate change among the factors cited in new research
Posted on August 22, 2012 | No CommentsA new analysis of complex interactions between humans and the environment preceding the 9th century collapse and abandonment of the Central Maya Lowlands in the Yucat -
Eternal Stars and Mortal Gods: The Origin and Evolution of the Maya Calendar System
Posted on August 17, 2012 | No CommentsThe calendar systems of the Maya people of Mesoamerica are one of the most distinctive features of their culture. -
Ancient Mayan Dam discovered in Guatemala
Posted on July 24, 2012 | No CommentsResearchers exploring the ancient Mayan city of Tikal have discovered landscaping and engineering feats, including a dam which would have held about 20 million gallons of water in a man-made reservoir. -
Ancient Maya Music Now with Sound
Posted on July 15, 2012 | No CommentsMusic played a significant role in many rituals and ceremonies of the ancient Maya culture. Evidence found in paintings, artifacts and Spanish chronicles indicates that music was present in Maya culture as a necessity. -
Maya Archaeologists find another reference to the year 2012
Posted on July 1, 2012 | No CommentsArchaeologists working at the site of La Corona in Guatemala have discovered a 1,300-year-old-year Maya text that provides only the second known reference to the so-called 'end date' of the Maya calendar, December 21, 2012 -
Surfaces and Beyond: The Political, Ideological, and Economic Significance of Ancient Maya Iron-ore Mirrors
Posted on June 4, 2012 | No CommentsArchaeological scholarship focussing on the cultural remains of the ancient Maya, a Mesoamerican people whose civilization rose to prominence centuries before the arrival of Europeans in the New World, has been carried out for more than a century. -
The Maya Origin of a Mexican God: The Iconographic Primacy of Tezcatlipoca at Chich
Posted on April 11, 2012 | No CommentsTwo long-held views in Mesoamerican research, the Mexican origin of the god Tezcatlipoca and the insinuation of Toltec iconography into the artistic format of Chich
