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The Maya were keen observers of the sun, stars, and planets. [233] E-Groups were a particular arrangement of temples that were relatively common in the Maya region; [234] they take their names from Group E at Uaxactun. [235] They consisted of three small structures facing a fourth structure, and were used to mark the solstices and equinoxes.
Laborers were sent 60 at a time to coffee plantations to work in 15–30 day increments. Many different laws were passed at the benefit of the plantation owners to help them to control the indigenous laborers and increase their landholdings and profits. These laws saw a deepened divide between the Maya and Landino communities. [3]
The Maya were relatively tolerant of homosexuality. It is known that there were orgies among the Maya that included homosexual sex, though sodomy was punishable by death. [8] [10] Mayan society considered homosexuality preferable to premarital heterosexual sex, so the nobles got sexual slaves for their children. [8]
The history of Maya civilization is divided into three principal periods: the Preclassic, Classic and Postclassic periods; [1] these were preceded by the Archaic Period, which saw the first settled villages and early developments in agriculture. [2]
Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today, thousands of years later — from Roman engineers who poured thick concrete sea barriers, to Maya masons who ...
"Ahau was the katun when they founded the cah of Mayapan; they were [thus] called Maya men. In 8 Ahau their lands were destroyed and they were scattered throughout the peninsula. Six katun after they were destroyed they ceased to be called Maya; 11 Ahau was the name of the katun when the Maya men ceased to be called Maya [and] were called ...
There were layers of ash, which told the archaeologists that there had been repeated combustion down in the chultún, but there was no evidence of fire or soot on the walls, suggesting the rest of ...
However, the Maya, as a people with a hybrid culture, had differing views on homosexual sex. The Maya Chilam Balam books, for example, regularly contained sexual insults directed toward the Itzá. According to mythology contained in the book, homosexuals were responsible for destroying the order of Maya society by producing illegitimate ...