Tag: Central America
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Archaeologists Discover 1,700-Year-Old Jade Mask Inside the Tomb of a Maya King
Smithsonian Magazine has a story about the discovery in a Mayan mask in Guatemala. The jade artifact dates to about 350 C.E and is made of jade. The site near Chochkitam, Guatemala is a Mayan tomb, which also held rare mollusk shells, carvings, and other funeral offerings. The archaeological site, known as Chochkitam, is located…
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Why did the Maya civilization collapse?
Live Science has a story about the Maya and what may have caused the collapse of their society about 1000 years ago. Usually a mix of environmental and political problems are sited as the reason for the collapse. There were severe droughts between 800 CE and 1000 CE. However, collapse may be a bad description…
