Farmers’ Daily Life in the Maya Empire

Many of the Maya peasants were farmers. Families lived in thatched roofed houses – one family per house. Farmers
and their families used to eat very well on the farms. Food included hot corn porridge for breakfast, and tortillas filled
with cooked vegetables for lunch and dinner.
Farmers used to work very hard. The Mayas did not use to work with metal tools. Fathers and sons had to work their
land mostly by hand. They were helped a little with stone axes. Even though their tools were very simple, farmers used to
grow so much food that they produced surplus crops.
Wives and daughters used to cook, clean and sew. Girls babysat their youngest siblings. Women used to carry goods
in baskets on their heads from the fields and to market. They also had to help in the fields when necessary.
When the growing season ended, farmers worked alongside slaves (captured people from other tribes) to build he
magnificent cities. They were the labour.

Farmers’ Daily Life in the Maya Empire

Many of the Maya peasants were farmers. Families lived in thatched roofed houses – one family per house. Farmers
and their families used to eat very well on the farms. Food included hot corn porridge for breakfast, and tortillas filled
with cooked vegetables for lunch and dinner.
Farmers used to work very hard. The Mayas did not use to work with metal tools. Fathers and sons had to work their
land mostly by hand. They were helped a little with stone axes. Even though their tools were very simple, farmers used to
grow so much food that they produced surplus crops.
Wives and daughters used to cook, clean and sew. Girls babysat their youngest siblings. Women used to carry goods
in baskets on their heads from the fields and to market. They also had to help in the fields when necessary.
When the growing season ended, farmers worked alongside slaves (captured people from other tribes) to build he
magnificent cities. They were the labour.

Farmers’ Daily Life in the Maya Empire

Many of the Maya peasants were farmers. Families lived in thatched roofed houses – one family per house. Farmers
and their families used to eat very well on the farms. Food included hot corn porridge for breakfast, and tortillas filled
with cooked vegetables for lunch and dinner.
Farmers used to work very hard. The Mayas did not use to work with metal tools. Fathers and sons had to work their
land mostly by hand. They were helped a little with stone axes. Even though their tools were very simple, farmers used to
grow so much food that they produced surplus crops.
Wives and daughters used to cook, clean and sew. Girls babysat their youngest siblings. Women used to carry goods
in baskets on their heads from the fields and to market. They also had to help in the fields when necessary.
When the growing season ended, farmers worked alongside slaves (captured people from other tribes) to build he
magnificent cities. They were the labour.

Farmers’ Daily Life in the Maya Empire

Many of the Maya peasants were farmers. Families lived in thatched roofed houses – one family per house. Farmers
and their families used to eat very well on the farms. Food included hot corn porridge for breakfast, and tortillas filled
with cooked vegetables for lunch and dinner.
Farmers used to work very hard. The Mayas did not use to work with metal tools. Fathers and sons had to work their
land mostly by hand. They were helped a little with stone axes. Even though their tools were very simple, farmers used to
grow so much food that they produced surplus crops.
Wives and daughters used to cook, clean and sew. Girls babysat their youngest siblings. Women used to carry goods
in baskets on their heads from the fields and to market. They also had to help in the fields when necessary.
When the growing season ended, farmers worked alongside slaves (captured people from other tribes) to build he
magnificent cities. They were the labour.