Living Maya
Peoples, faith, and the arts of the Maya today.
Topics
Paths that branch off the road as study goes on. Each page grows as sources come in.
Encounters
Teotihuacan, the Spanish, and the visitors who followed, on a white road.
Writing and time
The Long Count, glyphs, and the four books that survive.
Gods and ritual
Blood, the ball game, and rebirth.
Land, water, and stone
Maize, water at Tikal, obsidian, and chert.
Named people
Rulers, nobles, and those who studied them.
Tz’ihb
Writing, painting, and the colors of this site.
Shelf
Books on the Maya in the home library.
Paths to come
- Care of the past. Looting, the trade in objects, and their return.
- Events. Meetings and symposia on the Maya.
- Field notes from each visit.