Mayan Tribe Research Paper
The Navajo or as they are know by their own culture as Diyin Diné, which means the holy people, is the largest Native American tribe in the United States. A nation established more than 600+ years ago, in a time before Christopher Columbus landed in the “New World”; the Navajo Indians is one of the oldest tribes located in our country. Located 2,313 miles to the south, another famous tribe existed. The Mayan Indians called the beautiful, tropical lowlands of present day Guatemala home. A culture that began around early 1800 B.C. as primarily an agriculture society until the cities were abandoned around 900 A.D. These two tribes were very similar to each other given that both tribes believed in similar gods and had similar traditions.
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The Mayans lived in three different sectors with different “environmental and cultural differences”(history.com). These sectors were broken down with communities living in the northern lowlands near the Yucatan Peninsula. Another community to the south in the “lowlands in the Peten district of northern Guatemala and adjacent portions of Mexico, Belize and western Honduras. Then southern Maya highlands, in the mountainous region of southern Guatemala”(history.com). These lowland areas “had a tropical climate with warm temperatures year round. The rain forests in the lowlands provided a good source of food, although farming was difficult” (Hyde 6). The Mayans in the southern lowland sector reached their highest point around 250 to 900 A.D. This society built amazing stone cities and shrines that have left explorers, scholars and travelers spellbound for centuries. The Mayans were farmers; they began to expand their attendance in the fields of the highland and lowland areas. They cultivated many crops such as crops such as corn, beans, squash and cassava-a starch from a root, which is also the source of Tapioca. A large population of farmers surrounded Mayan cities, and although the “Maya practiced a primitive type of ‘slash-and-burn’ agriculture, they also displayed evidence of more advanced farming methods, such as irrigation and
The Mayans lived in three different sectors with different “environmental and cultural differences”(history.com). These sectors were broken down with communities living in the northern lowlands near the Yucatan Peninsula. Another community to the south in the “lowlands in the Peten district of northern Guatemala and adjacent portions of Mexico, Belize and western Honduras. Then southern Maya highlands, in the mountainous region of southern Guatemala”(history.com). These lowland areas “had a tropical climate with warm temperatures year round. The rain forests in the lowlands provided a good source of food, although farming was difficult” (Hyde 6). The Mayans in the southern lowland sector reached their highest point around 250 to 900 A.D. This society built amazing stone cities and shrines that have left explorers, scholars and travelers spellbound for centuries. The Mayans were farmers; they began to expand their attendance in the fields of the highland and lowland areas. They cultivated many crops such as crops such as corn, beans, squash and cassava-a starch from a root, which is also the source of Tapioca. A large population of farmers surrounded Mayan cities, and although the “Maya practiced a primitive type of ‘slash-and-burn’ agriculture, they also displayed evidence of more advanced farming methods, such as irrigation and