What You Probably Don’t Know About the Ancient Mayans

Published on January 18, 2018
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Preclassic Period.

If you look way back when, you’ll see that the earliest Mayan settlements date to around 1800 B.C., or the beginning (!) of what is called the Preclassic or Formative Period.

Excavations At Uaxactun

Preclassic Period

One Plus One.

According to many scholars, the most distinctive Mayan achievements were in abstract mathematics and astronomy. Which is pretty extraordinary!

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