Life of the Mayas

  • 1800 BCE

    Mayans foods

    Mayans foods
    vegetables such as beans and squash. Potatoes and a tiny grain.And also a variety of veggies and meats that's what the Mayans ate.
  • Period: 1800 BCE to 2600 BCE

    How the Mayas originated.

    The Maya are an indigenous people of Mexico and Central America who have continuously inhabited the lands comprising modern-day Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Tabasco.
  • clothing that Mayans

    The clothing worn by the Maya depended on the region they lived in and their social status. ... Commoners wore simpler clothing. The men often wore loincloths while the women wore long skirts. Both men and women would use a blanket called a manta to wrap around their shoulders when it was cold.
  • ancient games of the maya

    Poc-a-Toc was the most popular game among the Maya and was far more than `just a game’ as it symbolized the human struggle and reflected the way the Maya viewed existence.
  • calender

    There are two calendars at work simultaneously in the Maya system: the Haab, or civil calendar of 365 days in an 18 month period of 20 days each, and the Tzolkin, or sacred calendar, of 260 days divided into three groups of months of 20 days.