The Mayan Skills By Zach Mohling

Skills Some of the Mayan skills are………… • Pottery • Weaving • Farming • Astronomy •

Facts About the Skills ASTRONOMY The Maya believed the Earth was flat with four corners. Each corner was a direction. Each direction had a color. East was red, north was white, west was black, and south was yellow. Green was the center. POTTERY The Mayans were very skilled in the art of pottery. WEAVING The Mayans made blankets and ect with their skill of weaving. FARMING The Mayans had to be good farmers to feed there village.

Works Cited http://www.authenticmaya.com/calendar.htm Odijk, Pamela. The Mayas. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Silver Burdett, 1989. Print.

The Mayan Tribe

Clothes Cloths Jewelry Some boys wore headbands. People also wore hats

Religions They drew gods on walls Built temples for there gods Worshiped 166 gods

Legends Some of the most famous legends are, Crystal Skulls, Chechen and Chaca. They are told a lot in the Mayan tribe.

Works Cited Magazine Google Wiki.answers.com Clip Art Clip Art

MAYAN'S LIFE

Mayan Art, Art- The Mayan art is based on their religion and culture. The Mayans would work on woods, papers, plasters, obsidian, bones, shells, stone, and clay. They would ocasionally work with metal, but since it was so hard to find, they only used it for decorations. Plaster Mayan Art Original Mayan Art

MAYAN AGRICULTURE Agriculture- The Mayans were good famers. They would make paths for people who would make pottery and weaved things. Mayan pottery Mayan weaved cloth

Obeying the Law, where they Explored, and Events Obeying the law- They had a ruler where all public life was controlled by him. The ruler was the leader of the Mayans. Events- The events were hypotheses of what would happen in the future. There is a calendar that they thought would have the right dates of disasters and other things.

Recording and Communication Recording- Mayan religion of recording was writing to keep track of the passage of times to record events. Those people who kept track of time were called “Day Keepers.” Communication- Mayans communicated by trading things such as pottery, cloths, salt, honey, wax, and slaves. They communicated also by carving on a wet, paved circle on the wall.

Explored Explored- The Mayan’s land was the Yucatan Peninsula. They founded there, and lived there. Yucatan Peninsula

Work Cited The Mayas- Odijk, Pamela. The Mayas. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Silver Burdett, 1989. Print. Google.com National Geographic

And there inventions. By: Carter Treloar THE MAYA And there inventions. By: Carter Treloar

INVENTIONS Some of the Mayans inventions were Numeric Calendars. Giant pyramids. A Writing System. And Buildings.

Facts about the Inventions. The calendars were created in the year of 3114 B.C. In 600 B.C. the Maya began building giant pyramids. The Mayan invented the writing system in A.D.800. The Mayan began building structures in A.D. 600.

WORK CITED Ask.com Google.com Wikepidia.com

Mayan Food, Medicine, Crops, Hunting, and How Families Lived. By Connor McAlpine

Hunting, Medicine, and Crops Some crops of the Mayan were: corn, squash, beans, manioc, maize, cacao, chile, and bananas. Hunting tools: Bows, arrows, traps, spears, and netting bags. Prey: Deer, wild pigs, rabbits, squirrels, turkeys, and other birds. Medicine: Hmen are medicine men who used potions, chants, and traditional herbal medicines. Tobacco is a very important medical plant.

Food and How Families lived Mayan food was cooked and served in pottery utensils. Maize was made into tortillas. Tortillas were the main food of the Mayans along with stews and vegetables. Families lived in houses with hay roofs and walls made of stone or mud. Boys in the Mayan society learned farming from their fathers. From the ages 4-5, the boys stayed in communal houses with others the same age. Girls stayed with their mothers and learned how to cook, how to take care of their house and family, how to spin, weave, and how to make clothes