“The Maya glory and ruin:
Saga of a civilization in three
parts: The rise, the
monumental splendor, and
the collapse.”
Jenna, Derek, Willie, Slade
Mayan Culture
Everyday Life
 Duties of
 Women
 Men
 Children
http://www.dl.ket.org/humanities/arch/images/
mayan.jpg
Farmers
 Plots of Land
 Gardens
 Communal Land
 Irrigation Canals
 Important Trees
http://ancientworldstudies.pbworks.c
om/w/f/mayanfarmers.jpg
Time
 Priests
 Solar System
 Calendar
 Religious Calendar
http://home.timeframe-tv.com/wpcontent/uploads/2008/11/mayan_cal
endar1.jpg
Mayan gods
 Mayan Beliefs
 Mayan Priests
http://www.maya12-212012.com/images/Mayan%20Calenda
r/calendar3ixchellogo.jpg
Clothing
 Men
 Women
 Ceremonies
http://www.vagabondjourney.com/20081/08-1563-indigenous-mayan-clothing.JPG
Beauty
 Skull Deformation
 Tattooing
 Body Piercing
 Body Paint
 Filed Teeth
 Crossed eyes
http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/cst
anton/maya_skull_modification.jpg
Extra Facts
 Chocolate
 Corn and the Human Race
 Marigolds
 Royalty and sacrifice
 Milky Way
 “Cigar” or sicar
The rise of the Mayan empire
Tikal (city similar to Waka)
 Fire is Born
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikal
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs44/f/2009/112/1/2/Mayan_Warrior_by_picturefarm.jpg
Waka’ (aka El Peru)
http://www.archaeologywaka.org/archaeology.html
 Fire is Born had many
monuments built in his
honor all across the Mayan
empire such as this one
http://project10012007.tripod.com/sitebuilderc
ontent/sitebuilderpictures/fotomayariseandfall0
4.jpg
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/maya/world.html
http://frankburns.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/letter-12-from-belize-xunantunicha-mayan-city/
Waka
 Huge city with many monuments
 Waka’s market
 Exotic goods passed through
Pottery from Waka
tombs
http://www.mesoweb.com/reports/waka2.html
Waka as a Military City
 Fire Is Born needed Waka for troops and as a military
base
 Get Tikal – get many surrounding cities
 Waka’s ruler accepted Fire Is Born
The City of
Tikal
http://www.postcarddestinations.com/Guatemala%20%26%20Hondura
s2/13atikalok.jpg
Military Uniforms
 Teotihuacan soldiers
 Weapons
 Armor
 Peten (Tikal) soldiers
 Weapons
 Armor
http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/xochicalco/xochicalco09
08/xochicalco090800027/5368951-teotihuacan-warriorrendered-in-temple-mural-style.jpg
Conquering of Tikal
 Traveled in canoes
 Arrived in Tikal
 Power over Tikal
http://www.skyislandalliance.org/images/misc/sa
n_pedro.jpg
Post Fire Is Born Maya
 No record of death – Fire Is Born
 Waka recording of FIB arrival
 Eventual cold war in the 16th century
Etching from stone in
Tikal
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2003/04/01/Images/quet-f12.jpg
The Mayan Collapse
How did this great
civilization end?
Overpopulation
Environmental damage
and natural disasters
Earthquake or Hurricane
Other
possiblities
Famine
Drought
Resources
running out or
growing scarce
Deforestation
and overuse of
land
 Disease
 Many Destructive
wars
 Tension and
competitiveness
between city
states
Mayan ruins
References
"Archaeology of the Ancient Maya." Home of the Waka Research
Foundation. Aug. 2007. Web. 25 Apr. 2011.
<http://www.archaeologywaka.org/archaeology.html>.
Gugliotta, Guy. "Maya Rise and Fall." National Geographic
Magazine. Aug. 2007. Web. 25 Apr. 2011.
<http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/08/maya-risefall/gugliotta-text>.
The William Penn Charter School, Sixth Grade. "Maya - Daily Life."
Kidsnewsroom.org: Providing Children with a Safe, Kid-friendly
Internet Site. Web. 25 Apr. 2011.
<http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infocentral/frameset/civiliza
tions/maya/daily/index.html>.