Signs & Symbols - line art The Americas Details from a Mayan manuscript. Although the Maya had formed agricultural communities as early as 1500 BC, the classic period of their civilization began in AD 200 and lasted until AD 900. They cultivated maize,

Signs & Symbols - line art The Americas Details from a Mayan manuscript. Although the Maya had formed agricultural communities as early as 1500 BC, the classic period of their civilization began in AD 200 and lasted until AD 900. They cultivated maize,

Signs & Symbols - line art The Americas Details from a Mayan manuscript. Although the Maya had formed agricultural communities as early as 1500 BC, the classic period of their civilization began in AD 200 and lasted until AD 900. They cultivated maize,

Signs & Symbols - line art The Americas Details from a Mayan manuscript. Although the Maya had formed agricultural communities as early as 1500 BC, the classic period of their civilization began in AD 200 and lasted until AD 900. They cultivated maize,

Signs & Symbols - line art The Mayan religion possessed many gods: The rain god. Although the Maya had formed agricultural communities as early as 1500 BC, the classic period of their civilization began in AD 200 and lasted until AD 900. They cultivated

Signs & Symbols - line art The Mayan religion possessed many gods: The chief god, ItzamnO. Although the Maya had formed agricultural communities as early as 1500 BC, the classic period of their civilization began in AD 200 and lasted until AD 900. They

Signs & Symbols - line art The Mayan religion possessed many gods: The corn god Although the Maya had formed agricultural communities as early as 1500 BC, the classic period of their civilization began in AD 200 and lasted until AD 900. They cultivated

Signs & Symbols - line art The Americas Mayan hieroglyphics representing dates or times of the year. The Mayans believed that a number of worlds had come into being and since been destroyed by cataclysm before the present universe began. The Maya of pre-

World symbols: Mayan statuette (Central America)