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Chichen Itza
Chichén Itzá , city of the ancient Maya , central Yucatán, Mexico. It was founded around two large cenotes, or natural wells. According to one system of dating, it was founded c.514, probably by the Itzá , and after being abandoned (692) and reoccupied (c.928) was... Read more |
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Cancun
Cancún , city (1990 pop. 167,730), Quintana Roo state, SE Mexico. An international resort, Cancún is known for its beaches, agreeable climate, and luxurious hotels and facilities. Built in the early 1970s at the site of a small Maya village, Cancún extends along a barrier... Read more |
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pre-Columbian art and architecture
pre-Columbian art and architecture works of art and structures created in Central and South America before the arrival of Europeans in the Western Hemisphere. For many years the regions that are now Mexico and Guatemala and the Andean region of South America had been the cradle of indigenous... Read more |
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Middle American Natives
Middle American Natives aboriginal peoples living in the area between present-day United States and South America. Although most of Mexico is geographically considered part of North America and although there have been cultural contacts between Mexican groups and the Pueblo of the SW United... Read more |
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Chorotega
Middle American Natives aboriginal peoples living in the area between present-day United States and South America. Although most of Mexico is geographically considered part of North America and although there have been cultural contacts between Mexican groups and the Pueblo of the SW United States,... Read more |
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Quiche
Quiché , indigenous peoples of Mayan linguistic stock, in the western highlands of Guatemala; most important group of the ancient southern Maya . The largest of the contemporary native groups of Guatemala, numbering over a million, they live principally in the region between Quezaltenango ... Read more |
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Palenque
Palenque , ancient city of the Maya in Chiapas, S Mexico, in the Usumacinta Valley. Its architectural elegance, adapted to tropical and topographical conditions, was a high point in the art of the Classic period. Stucco sculpturing and low-relief paneling reached their highest expression at... Read more |
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Uxmal
Uxmal , ancient city, northern Yucatán peninsula, Mexico. A Late Classic period Maya center situated in the Puuc hills, Uxmal flourished between 600 and 900. It is one of the finest expressions of Maya architecture known as the Puuc style. The site has such impressive structures as the... Read more |
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Maya Ying Lin
Maya Ying Lin , 1959-, American architect and sculptor, b. Athens, Ohio. From an artistically distinguished Chinese family that immigrated to the United States in the 1940s, Lin was catapulted to prominence while a Yale undergraduate when her magisterially simple design for the Vietnam Veterans... Read more |
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Toltec
Toltec , ancient civilization of Mexico. The name in Nahuatl means "master builders." The Toltec formed a warrior aristocracy that gained ascendancy in the Valley of Mexico c.AD 900 after the fall of Teotihuacán. Their early history is obscure but they seem to have had ancient links with... Read more |
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Exploring ancient civilizations.(Brief Article)
...are depicted in Ancient Civilizations, a new series for readers...are recounted in detail. Ancient Greece provides a look at...titles in the series include Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome, China and Maya. (Raintree ... |
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Exploring the lost Maya
...annually visit the "lost Maya cities," and this...when dealing with the ancient Maya civilization, a very complex subject...subject. So why is Exploring the Lost Maya somewhat...Robert L. Sharer's The ... |
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UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI RESEARCH EXPLORES WHY ANCIENT CIVILIZATION WAS...
...highly sophisticated civilization decided to build...and successful Maya communities were...researchers are exploring different aspects of the ancient Maya in one of...premier cities of the ancient Maya ... |
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Research explores why ancient civilization was 'livin' on the edge'.(Report)
...sophisticated civilization decided to build...and successful Maya communities were...researchers are exploring different aspects of the ancient Maya in one of...cities of the ancient Maya world...tribute to ... |
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Space Technology Revolutionizes Archaeology, Understanding of Maya.
...the most-studied ancient civilizations -- the Maya. University of Central...producing images of the ancient settlement and environmental...square miles) of ancient settlement. The NASA...have been limited in exploring large ... |
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Maya archaeologists turn to the living to help save the dead: to preserve...
...time as possible exploring Chocola, a huge Maya site in southern...emergence of Maya civilization, including large...descended from the ancient Maya, are "clinging...vestiges of the ancient ... |
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Classroom Connect Transforms K-12 Students Into Virtual Explorers to Tackle...
...learning expedition exploring the mystery of the ancient Maya civilization. MayaQuest, sponsored...of the most advanced civilizations in ancient history," said Dan...collapse of the Maya ... |
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Guatemalan sites yield Maya insights.(Archaeology)(Brief Article)
...early and later stages of ancient Maya civilization. Work at one extensive...stucco masks that portray Maya gods. A cache of jade...support his hypothesis that Maya of the Preclassic period...of Waka, researchers exploring ... |
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LONGWOOD FACULTY MEMBER PUBLISHES BOOK ON ANCIENT CULTURES OF MESOAMERICA
...studied the ancient cultures of...of Ancient Civilizations series, in...discovering and exploring this fertile cradle of civilization," which should...related to ancient Mesoamerica...Muyil, an ancient ... |
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...alongside leading Maya archaeologists...a major classic Maya center that probably...of a lifetime by exploring an ancient Maya ceremonial...shamans of the Maya civilization had passed through...various ... |
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