Maya:%20%20Lords%20of%20the%20Earth

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Maya Lords of the Earth

• 2008 Fulbright-Hays
• Seminar Abroad
• Lianne Burnson

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Fulbright-HaysSeminars Abroad Program

• www.ed.gov/programs/iegpssap/index.html

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Ancient Maya Accomplishments

• Intellectuals
• Mathematicians
• Astronomers
• Architects and engineers
• Artistic

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Where does gum come from?

• Sapodilla Tree and Resin

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Theobroma Cacao
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Maps of theMaya World
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Maya Map 1
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Maya Map 2
Source ancienthistory.about.com/od/maps/ss/mapsi
ndex_3.htm
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Maya Map 3
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Maya Map 4
Source historylink101.com/1/mayan/mayan_maps.htm
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New Wonder of the WorldChichen ItzaA.D.
400950
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El Castillo - Kukulkan Temple
Chac Mool
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The Observatory
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Great Ball Court
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Chac-Mool
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Tzompantli - Platform of Skulls
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The Nunnery
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Sacred Cenote (Well) of Sacrifice
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UxmalA.D. 2001200
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Pyramid of the Magician
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Chac - God of Rain, Thunder, Lightning
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Nunnery Quadrangle
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Arch Entry
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Sacred Ceiba Tree
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PalenqueA.D. 100900Population 10,000
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Temple of Inscriptions
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King Pacal A.D. 603683
Funeral Jade Mask National Museum of Anthropology
and History, Mexico City
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Palace
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Aqueducts
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Bas-reliefs
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Maya Homes
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Ancient Commoner Homes
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Modern Day Maya Home
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Maya People
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Ancient Maya Clothing
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Modern- DayHuipils
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Maya TodayPopulation 6 million
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Farming and Food
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Slash and Burn Method
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Ancient Maya Food
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Food Today
Beans
Tamales
Corn tortillas
Chili Chocolate Drink
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Ancient Maya Religious Beliefs
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Chac God of Thunder and Lightning
Ix Chel Earth and Moon Goddess, Patroness of
Weavers and Pregnant Women
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Huracan God of Gale Force Winds
Kinich-Ahau Sun God
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Coqueelaa God of the Cochineal Harvest
Cama-Zotz God of Bats
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Yum Kaax God of Agriculture and Maize
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Ah-Puch God of Death
Ek-Chuah God of Chocolate
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Religious Beliefs Today
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San Juan Chamula
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Basilica de Guadalupe
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Maya Writing System
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Hieroglyphs
Written on Stone Wood Buildings Fig tree bark

• two glyphs/column
• left to right and
• top to bottom

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Palenque Glyphs
Dresden Codex
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Maya Logograms
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Scribes Today - Spanish
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Spoken Mayan Languages
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Evolution of Ancient Mayan Languages
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Number System
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Maya Positional Number System
Source www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/M
ayan_mathematics.html
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Maya Calendar
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Sacred Round Tzolkin

• 260 days
• 20 day names
• Symbols for days

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The Vague Year Haab

• 18 months
• 20 days/month
• 5 unlucky days at the end

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Maya Arts
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BackstrapWeaving
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Ancient Maya Symbols
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Seven Sacred Ancient Maya Designs
Universe
Scorpion
Snake
Ancestors
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Seven Sacred Ancient Maya Designs
Toad
Flowering Corn
Butterfly
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MayaCeramics
Mesoamerican Gallery UPM of Archaeology and
Anthropology
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Norton Museum of Art
Veracruz (250600) Seated image of Old Fire God
Maya, Late Classic (ca. 600900) Cylinder vase,
polychrome ceramic
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Boston Museum of Fine Art
Maya vase 650750 (party/ritual)
Late Classic Maya drinking cup (A.D. 593830)
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Potters Today
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Sellos - Ceramic Stamps
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What happened to the Ancient Maya?
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Jared Diamonds 5-Point Framework Model

• Environmental Damage
• Climate Change
• Hostile neighbors
• Population growth exceeded resources
• Societys response

Diamond, Jared M. Collapse How Societies Choose
to Fail or Survive (2005).
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Maya today live a

• simpler,
• agricultural,
• communal,

• and highly
• spiritual life

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• Here were the remains of a cultivated,
  polished, and peculiar people, who hadreached
  their golden age, and perished, entirely unknown.
  The links which connected them to the human
  family were severed and lost, and (the ruins)
  were the only memorials of their footsteps upon
  earth.

• John Stephens, 1853