Mayan Culture Essay

In a vast and rich region of America, Mayan culture covered the territory southeast, of what is now, the Mexican Republic that is part of the states of Yucatan, Campeche, Tabasco, Quintana Roo and eastern Chiapas, as is most of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Belize which in fact covers a land area that varies according to the various archaeologists and historians. The Mayan people created one of the most original and great ancient civilizations (Sabloff 14).
The Mayans are not a homogeneous group, but a group of ethnic groups with different languages, customs and historical realities that share features that allow us to integrate them into a cultural unit. At the same time, they are part of a larger, Mesoamerican culture. Dominating most of the aspects of the life of the Maya, religion, was always present, influencing agricultural rites, public ceremonies, art and culture, each city-state had majestic pyramid temples where
These responsibilities also involved the chilamob, auxiliary priests. The Nacom: was the priest in charge of performing human sacrifice with the help of chacs or assistants. The most common sacrifices were: removal of the heart, the pyramids and throwing them off by beheading (Gugliotta). It is believed that the introduction of agriculture and the invention of the Mayan calendar, the chronology and hieroglyphic writing, probably in 7.0.0.0.0 or 7.6.0.0.0 of the Maya Era (353 OR 235 B.C), that the Mayan religion begin to change, individualized gods, a growing priesthood, and rituals begin grow (Morley 183-4). Religion was important in the Mayan culture, it was linked to the political control and beliefs. The main features of the Mayan culture. For example, the polytheistic religion, was based in worshiping various gods at once. Another characteristic is