Professional Documents
Culture Documents
(Mayans)
Cross Cultural Understanding
Group 3
02 Family 06 Architecture
forests.
Writing Tools
The Mayans wrote using paper made
from bark of ficus trees. Ancient
Mayans wrote down information with
brushes made out of animal hair and
quills. They used this to store
important information and events
that were happening around.
Arts
commoner families, were raised and educated by the parents. Male children
were taken by their fathers on outdoor errands and tasks after the age of 6
Human Sacrifies
The sacrifice of a human
life was the ultimate
offering of blood to the
gods, and the most
important Maya rituals
culminated in human
sacrifice.
Temple I, at Tikal
Place of Interest
Palenque
was built by King Pakal’s first son
and provides records of over 180
years of the city’s history
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Do’s, don’t’s, taboos
Do’s, don’t’s, taboos