Much of the scholarship on ancient Maya clothing and adornment focuses on the Classic period (A.D. 250–900), when the Maya population grew dramatically, and royal courts, with their flamboyant ...

The Maya kings became the high priests during the Classic period (250-900 AD). During the post Classic period (950-1539 AD) gods and human sacrifice were even more important. The Maya believed the ...

Tulum was the largest Maya coastal city and the only Maya city ... this white-stoned city reached its peak during the Late Classic Period, from about 680 to 770. Two acropolises with temples ...

The burning event was part of a political act that simultaneously rejected a Late Classic (ca. 600–810 CE) Maya dynasty and instantiated a new era of political order on the eve of the Terminal ...

Het is een uniek exemplaar binnen de Maya architectuur. The archaeological site of Palenque in the state of Chiapas is one of the most outstanding Classic period sites of the Maya area, known for its ...

Researchers say Palenque dates to the Early Classic (A.D. 200-600) period, but most knowledge about ... to build the first time line of rulers of a Maya city—one that, while impressive, is ...

Dzibanché, located in Quintana Roo, Mexico, was founded in the Late Preclassic period and was occupied as late as the 16th ...