The Skeleton

Throughout the humanities course, I have been intrigued by a vast amount of information on different cultures. However, there was a particular section that truly caught my attention, and has piqued an interest in me that has caused me to do my own research aside from this paper. The culture of the Mayas, and the Aztecs has been extremely fundamental in understanding my ancestry, being that I am Mexican American. I took an interest in their beautiful architecture, their ritualistic and sacrificial religious practices, as well as their history and how they began. Throughout this paper I will outline the similarities and differences of these two cultures, as well as articulate an understanding of the humanity disciplines outlined above.

At 4 pm, in a certain park, 2 skeletons were found lying side by side behind the bushes. It was concluded that the two were a couple because they were holding hands whilst the skull was facing each other. A femur, pelvic girdles, skulls, tibia, and humerus were taken from each of the skeleton and observations were made to identify their gender, race, age, and height. One is a female, and the other was a male, also the skeletons pretty much remained intact from being undisturbed however, a few of the hand or feet bones can be found lying a little further off perhaps due to the scattering of birds.

The three articles that are featured in this essay are Traditional Turns into trendy in Guatemala’s finest clothing shops, and Skeleton dating back to the ice age sheds light on native American origins, and finally Digging out a lost cities secrets. The Traditional Turns into trendy in Guatemala’s finest clothing shops article is about todays come back in old cultural Mayan and ancient clothing and shoes and how many people are getting a part of this back coming trend. The second article, Skeleton dating back to the ice age sheds light on native American origins is about scientists finding a cranium in an underwater cave in 2007. They discovered that the ancient bones were around 12,000 to 13,000 years old. It also tells you about how there

Architecture, the basis of life for the Mayans. Architecture, specifically regarding pyramids. Now, when we think of the word “pyramid” most people will automatically think of the Great Pyramids of Egypt (we’ll get to those). But the Mayans had just as pyramids just as great. See, the technical building of the Maya pyramid was the same as the Egyptians. Both civilizations had pyramids of their own architectural design; Egypt with the well-known triangle and the Mayans with staircases. The use of slaves would help rise the pyramids from the ground, stacking, piling, pulling, and layering stone and clay. The main difference

What happened to the Mayan civilization before it mysteriously collapsed is still a mystery, but heart-stopping achievements were made. Throughout 3000 years the Native tribe of the Maya inhabited México, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras until the Spanish arrived. They were so secluded from anyone else, that they could not learn information from other tribes and they came up with all ideas themselves.(BGE) Trade routes, the creation of beautiful cities, establishing the number system and developing three calendars we all breathtaking achievements accomplished by the Mayan culture. Using scale, effort, genius, and significance four achievements will be argued about which was the most remarkable. Obviously the development

The first article is called Digging Out a Lost City’s Secret. It’s basically about Teotihuacan remains found by archaeologists. Many possessions resembling boxes filled with shells, jaguar remains, and rubber balls. The second article is called Skeleton Dating Back to the Ice Age Sheds Light on Native American Origins. Briefly, the previously mentioned article is about a young girl who died 12,000 to 13,000 years ago in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula by divers diving in the area. The last article is called Guatemala’s Finest Clothing Shops. It is pretty much about Guatemalan trends working ways into design studios to make shoes, night gowns, and purses. The one that states more informational facts, in my opinion, would be the second article, Skeleton Dating Back to the Ice Age Sheds Light on Native American Origins.

For a while, I have been fascinated by ancient civilisations such as ancient Rome, ancient Greece and the Aztecs, all of which were considered. There was not one particular aspect of ancient Rome or Greece that I really wanted to use for a topic and so continued to look elsewhere. The Aztecs, on the other hand was actually a topic I would have gone through with if it was not for not being quick enough for, unfortunately (later being fortunate) it was already taken. The Mayans, on the other hand, were a civilisation similar to the Aztecs except having an earlier start date and ending in a more mysterious manner. Mayans are a civilisation that interested me beforehand and therefore felt right choosing it.

The Mayan people of the Yucatan Peninsula have endured great changes over their history, but many changes have occurred more recently as documented in the book by Cindy Hull. During a study in which she lived in Yaxbe for several decades, Hull examined the effects that this change has had on the people of the village and the Mayan people at large. Initially, Hull found that much was different about living with the people because she was used to the US Midwest. She was not used to the diet or to the family structure she found among the people, but she quickly adjusted to the changes and became a member of the village. Her task while she was there was to discover the social structure of the clan and how the culture has changed over time. She conducted a longitudinal study (one in which she became an integral member of the tribe) because she wanted to understand the people from a basal level. She believed that, despite the differences to what she experienced in her normal life, that the hardships she would face would get her closer to understanding the culture she was studying.

The Classical Maya was lost to the archaeological records until the last 200 years due to it’s abandonment. When the Mayans left there great cities, thick vines and jungles overtook the great monuments they once built. But in the last 200 years, in depth research has lead to breakthroughs into what the Classic Maya was like. The earliest Mayans were agriculturalist, growing crops such as corn (maize), beans, squash and cassava. The Mayans also invented a very accurate calendar, a math code using 0’s, constructed buildings still intact today, and a writing system that took decades to decode. The Mayans were situated in one geographical block covering all of the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico), modern-day Guatemala, Belize, parts of the Mexican states of Tabasco and Chiapas, and the western part of Honduras and El Salvador. Due to their location on the

I have read three articles titled, “Digging out a lost city’s secrets”, “Skeleton dating back to the ice age sheds light on Native American origins”, and “Traditional turns into trendy in Guatemala’s finest clothing shops”. “Digging out a lost city’s secrets” is about a group of mexican scientists that discovered three chambers at the end of a tunnel beneath the “ancient mountain city of Teotihuacan.” “Skeleton dating back to the ice age sheds light on Native American origins” is about the skeleton of a teenage girl found by divers, underwater along with some extinct animal skeletons. “Traditional turns into trendy in Guatemala’s finest clothing shops” is about various types of clothing traditionally worn in Guatemala gaining popularity worldwide. I recommend reading “Skeleton dating back to the ice age sheds light on

Welcome to our museum! Today, you will learn about a variety of historical events that happened in early American history. Our museum includes information about three different civilizations. These civilizations are the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas. These civilizations made many achievements and had very unique cultural elements that you will get to experience. You will also learn about the impact that the Spanish conquest had on these civilizations. All of these cultural details are shown through artifacts and images from the past with detailed descriptions to help you understand their purpose in early American history. So get ready for an information overload on these different and unique cultures in early america!

Massive temples hidden in the jungles of the Yucatan, mysterious stone stelas, and cryptic calendars eluding to advanced knowledge of the stars and mathematics are just some of the artifacts originating from the “Classic Maya” period (200 CE-900 CE). However, these popular items should not be the only defining characteristics of a society that dominated the Mesoamerican region for nearly a millennia. Dynastic lines, similar to those found in European houses, were important elements during this period in places like Palenque, Tikal, and Calakmul. Additionally, the Maya experienced violent and consistent warfare between localized powers and the backbone of their society, agriculture, suffered through several multi-year droughts. These factors

The Mayan religious beliefs included weird offerings to the gods. The most important part of their religion, is their many gods. Their most important god is the god of the sun (Kinich Ajaw). The sun will be in the back of the exhibit by the temple. The Mayan worship their gods in a temple that everyone would go to. The temple is going to be located in front of the museum. Something typically referred to is the Popol Vuh. This is a religious book that talks about the gods and their backgrounds. The book will be outside of the temple because they used it while they worshiped in the temple. Another thing that is very important to the Mayans is the belief in sacrifice. By sacrificing slaves and their blood, they thought they are earning their gods

The breathtaking splendor of ornate cites, the beautifully constructed grand temples, and the ingeniously developed and advanced caledretics, mathematics, and astronomy easily mark one of the most interesting and prosperous periods in Latin American history. Over period spanning approximately six centuries, the Maya of Central America reached artistic and intellectual heights that no other group in the New World had seen

Mesoamerica is the area in which the ancient Maya had lived, and is the area where modern Mayans are still reside. According to Coe, the Mayan geographic can range from Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Yucatan Peninsula, and the Mexican States of Chiapas and Tabasco (1966:17). Yet these areas are not limited to just Mayan. Many structural architecture remains today has proven the complexity of the Mayan culture in Mesoamerica.