The Mayas The Maya Civilization is considered one of the most advanced cultures in the western hemisphere prior to the arrival of the Europeans to America. They lived in a region that is now the Mexican states of Veracruz, Tabasco,Chiapas Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatan, and the countries of Guatemala, Belice, El Salvador and the western region of Honduras. Their culture is divided in three periods: The Preclassic, that lasted from about 2000 B.C. …
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…see the area of Tikal, where according to the archeologists they must work another 100 years to investigate what lies under the central area which is being studied since 1956. Bibliography 1. Hooper Trout Lawana. The Maya. Chelsea House Publishers, 1991. 2. Sabloff A. Jeremy. The new archeology and the ancient Maya. HPHLP,1990. 3. Encarta Encyclopedia. Maya Civilization. Microsoft Corporation, 2000. 4. Manzanilla Linda y lopez Leonardo. Atlas historico de Mesoamerica. Edicciones Larousse, 1993. 5. http://www.civilization.ca/members/civilz/maya/mmc09eng.html