Tareas

The art also became a subject popular among nobles, and polychrome ceramics from places like Chama and Nebaj in the highlands of Guatemala were distinguished by their fine works that have encored inmany distant places. Large traders acquired great prestige and reputation among the Maya nobility and were sometimes recruited as spies for the king.

REALIZED BY:

GABRIELA MONTSERRAT VALENCIAPEREZ

2 “C” JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL “FUNDACION CULTURAL LAS AMERICAS”

ECATEPEC
ESTADO DE MEXICO

MARCH, 2011

MAYA
PRE-HISPANIC CULTURE

MAYA...!!!!
The Mayan civilization inhabited a vastregion knows as Mesoamerica. The territory now compromised of five states in southeastern Mexico in this territory hundreds of dialects spoken today generate about 44 different Mayan languages. Speakingof ¨Ancient Maya¨ to refer to the history of one of the most important pre-Columbian
Mesoamerican cultures, because his legacy is a worldwide scientific and astronomical. Priestly groups, were ofgreat importance in the govemment of the Classic Maya states,in spite of that, they were never leaders.There was a noble class and in any case,were the warriors who concentrated power.The image of theMaya as a society ruled by priests was demolished when it was discovered that the cities were in constant war with each other .

..DWELLING!!!

There were single-family homes where they livedparents and adopted children who old or young members of the family or outside it had also multifamily buildings inhabited by people of common blood ties of high social position slept on platformsattached to the lower walls where mattress placed fill

.. Clothing!!!

Part of the population was engaged in the agricultural days, so used clothing to the conditions also depended on the level ofsocial clothing. Most people dressed simply, women with or hail blouse or a skirt and mantle and men with a kind of underwear called pate.

Trade was vital for the economy as Maya in the geographical...