Mayans

homes
The Mayans built huts out of different materials such as Mud, straw, fesses, and stone.

New Vocabulary

• Hieroglyphs-picture symbol
• Tradition-a way of life
• class-a group of people
• civilization-a group of people with ways of life
• cultural region-an area in wich people share some ways of life

Fun fact
the Mayans dangled an object in front of a newborns eyes until the newborns eyes were completely and permanently crossed.

Food

• The Mayans ate simple because they were on a diet, so they farmed veg and other food such as these .
• Squash
• Potatoes
• Quinoa
• Corn
• Beans
• Veg
• Tomato

Location
The Maya are an indigenous people of Mexico and Central America who have continuously inhabited the lands comprising modern-day Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Tabasco, and Chiapas in Mexico and southward through Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras.

Dead burial
The Mayans clean the bones of the dead for exp:they would search for flesh stuck to the bone and take it of and they would leave the bone clean .and they would bury them in their homes.

wedding Ceremonies
The wedding ceremony begins with purification ritual and then the couple asks for permission to be blessed with love, peace, and abundance.

Men and Women
The women were symbols of kingship and more commonly wives and mothers.
The men were commonly the leaders and soldiers/guards.