Maya Civilization: Archaic, Classic, And Postclassic Period

Currently, the Maya civilization is still considered as one of the most significant settlements in Mesoamerica preceding the coming of Columbus. The ancient Maya were American Indian people who evolved a glorious civilization in South Mexico and Central America. The history of the Mayans can be divided into three time segments: Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic era. The Classic period especially refers to the golden age of the Mayans, which also includes the drastic development of the culture and society. Nevertheless, the advances of the Classic era had been based on the Preclassic legacy.
In the early half of the Preclassic era of Mayan history, domiciled settlements merged in the diverse parts in the southern lowlands and such integration

At Ceibal, at Cival, and near Holmul, celts and other nephritis relics were enclosed in cross-shaped stashes which were tightly similar to those in Tabasco, La Venta, and San Isidro in Chiapas (Houston and Inomata).
The characteristic pottery manners in the Greater Isthmian region and in the Maya lowlands were supported during the time of Preclassic. The widespread use of Mamom pottery introduces the appearance of a Maya lowland cultural sector. The birth of Mamom pottery is still imperfectly researched, but its sources are probably found in the eastern to central lowlands, including the northern Belize and Mirador Basin, where the first evidence of Mamom were showed up through waxy and lustrous slips (Houston and

Decorated motifs on Cunil pottery might have portrayed Olmec iconography. However, the succeeding Mamom ceramics expose some indications of foreign impact. The most remarkable verification of Olmec effect is seen in cross-shaped stashes in Ceibal. Almost identical stashes have been found in La Venta, in San Isidro, Chiapas, and not so long ago in Chiapa de Corzo (Houston and Inomata). The concrete positioning of the stash specifies that the early Middle Preclassic residents of Ceibal and Cival had some common religious commitments with inhabitants of the southern Gulf Coast and Chiapas highlands.
In spite of signals of interplay, it can be argued that there is no eloquent evidence that the Gulf Coast Olmec resettled into or administrated the Maya lowlands. The common phenomena of material culture of the lowland Maya continue to exist differently from environing areas. From all appearances, the operation was a complicated interaction of local creation, alternating acceptance of foreign parts, and creativity through the firsthand or sidewise contact. As social disparity evolved, Maya elites may have borrowed deep-rooted aspects of governance of the southern Gulf Coast