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boring. It's just about dead people."
the year 300 of the
had
disappointment in the third year when the weeds began
will turn up
were depicted in sculpture and painting
the stones served to amplify the voice of the priest.
a cargo system of voluntary middle class offices
consume more while giving less to
established at Uaxactun and Tikal at this time.
been obtained at Tikal and
the priests
rich got richer and more set in status.
that were the first cities of sorts. Increasing sophistication
church
of dates. The earliest suh date is around
seems to show that certain sites
of dates on stelae and other memorial
cities in terms of function and population density.
increase may have caused stress on
Mayas avoided the
remain in a somewhat primitive lifestyle until the Europeans found
tend to increase susceptibility to disease. There
more
lot to do with the development of agriculture.
culture that was the culmination of the Mayan civilization
may have been expressed in a
the environment in which they had their natural setting. We
also had something to do with
other sites of excavation
turkeys.
large natural wells called
habitat would be important to the
varies with
language is lost. More impressive than the writing are
in the late
is to know comes from their ruins.
were the ceremonial centers which were not really
the earth where the jungle covered up what