◆ Civilization 📷 Mikhail Nilov · Pexels
Where it ruled
Mesoamerica · 20 known sites
The civilization
The Maya civilization () was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period. Known by its ancient temples and glyphs (script), the civilization is also noted for its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system. The Maya script is the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in the pre-Columbian Americas. The Maya civilization developed in the Maya Region, an area that today comprises southeastern Mexico, all of Guatemala and Belize, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador. It includes the northern lowlands of the Yucatán Peninsula and the Guatemalan Highlands of the Sierra Madre, the Mexican state of Chiapas, southern Guatemala, El Salvador, and the southern lowlands of the Pacific littoral plain.
Field notes
- period
- 1,000 BCE — 1,546 CE
- region
- Mesoamerica
- known sites
- 20
Sites of this civilization
+8 more marked on the map above
