Why do Tikal and Dos Pilas have the same emblem glyph?
In 648AD, the prince from Tikal had enough and left, taking the emblem glyph to a new site which he called Yax Mutal ("New Tikal"), or Dos Pilas
The four existing codices:
Dresden
Paris
Madrid
Mexico City
The codices were produced in what period?
Post-classic
At least four Maya cities show evidence of "strangers during the Early Classic Period. From where did these strangers come?
Teotihuacan
True or False: Maya Classic Periods were painted with images of people eating tamales, artists painting, and people drinking beverages.
False
A _________ is a supernatural composite creature that is composed of three parts, namely:
Chapaat
Bicephalic snake
Jaguar
Centipede
Lintel 8 and 25 came from
Yaxchilan
In Lintel 25, the woman is _________________, the man is __________________.
Lady Xoc
Large Penis Jaguar
Pakal was buried in the structure ____________________ at the site of ___________________. This discovery was made by _______________.
Temple of the Inscriptions
Palenque
Alberto Ruz
***sarcophagus cover***
What happens to Maya Kings when they die?
He goes down to the underworld, is planted, then rises into the sky
He becomes a deified ancestor
After sealing the tomb and stairs, Pakal was believed to communicate with his descendants through a/an ________________.
psychoduct
True or False: J. Eric S. Thompson asserted that the Classic Period Maya were ruled by peaceful calendar-priests who erected monuments as part of their worship of time.