Mayan Architecture & The City of Tulum Outline I. Intro II. The Mayan Civilization A. Mayan Time Periods B. Mayan Territory C. Mayan Accomplishments D. Mayan Collapse III. Mayan Architecture A. Intro B. Tulum (Case Study) 1. Tulum ’s History 2. Tulum ’s Influences and Styles 3. Tulum ’s Design a. Site 1. Economy 2. Social Class Orientation 3. Defenses b. Buildings 1. El Castillo 2. Temple of Frescos 3. Temple of the Wind 4. Temple of the Descending God 5. Temple
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MAYAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE Art for the Mayans was a reflection of their lifestyle and culture. For the Mayans art took several forms including: painting paper‚ plaster‚ carvings in wood and store‚ clay‚ stucco models‚ and terra cotta figurines from molds. Metal was very scarce and so it wasn’t commonly used. Mayan Art during the period‚ 200 to 900 has been considered the most sophisticated and beautiful of the New World. There is few remaining Mayan Art‚ which includes funerary pottery‚ ceramics
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The mayan people emerged in the region that today is called Mesoamerica‚ today located in the South Mexico and Guatemala. This civilizacion achieve important techological advances like written‚ Mathematics‚ Architecture‚ maya calendar and astronomy. Mayans were astronomers‚ they use a calendar‚ they could essentially predict the future. They believed that the stars and the moon were gods. The mayan were very religious‚ they built big cities and grates beautiful temples with the objective to
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The Maya were a great Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya people. They had great architecture‚ beautiful artwork‚ and high sciences. The areas it encompased were Southern Mexico‚ the Yucatan Peninsula‚ Guatemala‚ Belize‚ Northern Honduras‚ and El Salvador. The Classic period is generally defined as when the Maya were erecting sculpted statues with Long Count dates‚ a non-repeating vigesimal and base-18 calendar. The Classic shifted and “collapsed”‚ and the Postclassic was born. The Postclassic
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Mayan Mystery Theory Professor Wilkinson Strayer University HUM 111 Shaun Broadnax October 31‚ 2012 Mayan Mystery Theory The Maya are often referred to as the most well-known classical civilization of the Mesoamerican region. They are thought to have first originated around 2600 B.C. in the Yucatan and their society flourished during the Classic Period from 300 A.D. to 900 A.D. They inhabited the land presently known as Southern Mexico‚ Guatemala‚ Northern Belize‚ and Honduras. Their
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The Mayans are very fascinating as they were ahead of their time with their inventions and way of living. The Maya believes that everything in life are of purpose and has some sacredness attached to it. Since every aspect in life has a sacredness attached to it‚ the Mayans believed in an astounding number of gods estimated to about 166 deities (Nancy). The Mayans also believed in recurring creation and destruction. Such beliefs leads to sacrificial rituals. Mayans also created their own calendar
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Investigation The research paper will be on the achievements of the Mayans. The research question developed for this paper is “How did Mayan achievements lead to the development of the empire? This paper will be focusing on how the achievements of the Mayans led to the development of their civilization. This will not look into the fall of the Mayan empire but will look into where the Mayans came from and the beginning of the Mayan empire. All sources in this paper are secondary sources. The paper
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The Mayan civilization was located in what is now known as Guatemala‚ Belize‚ Honduras‚ El Salvador and also in the area of the five southern states of Mexico‚ including Campeche‚ Chiapas‚ Quintana Roo‚ Tabasco‚ and Yucatan. The civilization was originally founded during the pre-classic period (about 2‚000 BC to 250 AD). According to the chronology of Central America‚ many of the Mayan cities reached their highest level of sophistication through the classic period (approx. 250 BC to 900 AD)‚ and
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ceremonial architecture‚ and masonry without metal tools. Maya civilization started to decline around A.D. 900‚ although some peripheral Centre’s continued to thrive until the Spanish conquest in the early sixteenth century. The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively were well encrypted into their lives. The full range of learned behavior patterns that are acquired by people as members of a society was a big part of their culture. The Mayan culture is
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THE MAYANS The Mayans lived in what is today Mexico‚ North America‚ and lived in both the highlands and lowlands of Mesoamerica. It was a very mountainous region‚ with many minerals in the soil‚ and a dry‚ cool‚ climate. The villages that were located in the highlands are where southern Guatemala is today‚ and the villages that were located in the lowlands are where northern Guatemala‚ Belize‚ and the Yucatán Peninsula are today. It was very hot and dry in the lowlands. The Mayans began their civilization
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