The Classic Maya Ceremonial Bar

Dance in Maya Art : Ritual Performance of the Classic Maya . University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

This research is a study of the characteristics of Maya dance during the Early to Late Classical periods, which is approximately 250 CE to 900 CE. The artistic expression of the Maya culture developed its highest aesthetic in art during this period and much of the images in the artwork relate to dance. The practice of dance in Maya cultures had several purposes, but the most prominent were reli...

Early ceremonial constructions at Ceibal, Guatemala, and the origins of lowland Maya civilization.

The spread of plaza-pyramid complexes across southern Mesoamerica during the early Middle Preclassic period (1000 to 700 BCE) provides critical information regarding the origins of lowland Maya civilization and the role of the Gulf Coast Olmec. Recent excavations at the Maya site of Ceibal, Guatemala, documented the growth of a formal ceremonial space into a plaza-pyramid complex that predated ...

The Investigation of Classic Period Maya Warfare at Caracol, Belice

Prior to the 1950s the prevalent view of the ancient Maya was as a peaceful people. ln 1952, Robert Rands completed his Ph. D. thesis on the evidences of warfare in Classic Maya art, following up on the important work just completed by Tatia-na Proskouriakoff (1950). Since then, research has rapidly accumulated substantial documentation that the Maya were in fact warlike (cf. Marcus 1974; Repet...

Cognitive Implications of an Economic Approach to Classic Maya Exchange

High resolution stalagmite climate record from the Yucatán Peninsula spanning the Maya terminal classic period

⁎ Corresponding author. National Oceanography Cen Campus, European Way Southampton, Hampshire Tel.: +44 23 805 96573. E-mail address: [email protected] (M. Medi 1 MME designed and planned the research, conducted dating analyses, participated in the field work and data in manuscript. 2 SJB and DWL helped planned the research, partic analysis, interpretation and writing. 3 YA and VP helped de...