Mayan Tribe

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The spanish people where trying to over rule the Mayan’s . The tribe was broken into pieces by distorting some of the greatest artifacts they could of had to find evidence about them. The way that we all know so much is because of the covered ruins and art. As archeologist say “the hardest part is trying to find out what the hieroglyphics of stelae and codices mean.” The full story of the tribe is not yet complete. About 21,000 years ago humans arrived in Mesoamerica. They traveled to find food. They all loved it here. Although it rained all the time it all the time it was never very cold. Their only source of water was from, lakes, stream, and rivers. One of the best things the Mayan people did was to understand what zero meant. To make money the farmers grew crops and raised turkeys and dogs. Although they …show more content…

Since corn was so important the men where in charge of taking care of it. The women had hues house gardens that they needed to take care of. So when the men brought the crops in the women would clean them and then make it in to tortillas or something else. For food they would eat stew or tamales for their once a day hot dish. The children would also help then with all that goes on during a day. Baby names where normally not given by the parent. According to the story the story the first people were made of clay. The god Huracan was wind and rain. Over 150 gods are on their pantheon. They also believe tat there are 13 different parts to heaven. The layers were weaved not separated. The Mayan people did not completely disappear when the spanish invasion happened. They all followed a 260 day calendar. The tradition has continued by eating corn three times a day. There were also about 30 groups of Mayan’s. The Maya are also the single largest group in Central America. There is not just on e type of people in the Mayan culture. They all come together to carry on the