Monday, October 8, 2007

Balboa Park - The Mayans

I really wish we had gone to this museum for the indigenous peoples project because I was a Mayan, and this exhibit would have been really helpful at the time.
I saw a lot of things that I alread knew from researching the Mayans for Spencers class, but here is some information I gathered from the exhibit:

There were 30,000 - 50,000 subjects in the Mayan society. They were accurate in the areas of mathematics, calander making, and they had a lot of skill and proficiency in architecture.

The mayan civilization began around 1000 BC and collapsed around 900 AD.
Pre Classic Period -> 1100 BC - 250 AD
Classic Period -> 250AD - 900 AD
Post Classic Period -> 900 AD - 1541 AD

The Mayans had the ealiest record of pottery which was in the Pre-Classic Period. Things were found such as; necklaces, bowls and clay figurines. These items gave historians a really good idea about what the following social aspects were like in the Mayan era: daily life, male and female roles, social structure, clothing and rituals.

Today, about 7.5 million Mayans are living and they live over approximately 125 acres of land.

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