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The Legend of Ancient Mayas in Belize

A Legend of Ancient Maya in the Belizean Jungle, spoken by a Mopan Maya.

The story explains a long forgotten part of the Mayan beliefs, and how they imagined their world to be, their gods, their worlds and their life.

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Ancient Maya Economy

Economic systems refer to the allocation of resources available to a society- labor, food, raw materials and the production and distribution of goods.

As we all now know, the Maya economic system was largely based on food and agriculture. Early research into the Maya resulted in Maya cities being considered as vacant ceremonial centers ruled by a peaceful priesthood, but it was later known that these cities were densely populated and stratified societies that were ruled by Kings who practiced warfare and extensive trade and exchange with their neighbors!

Such stratification within society produced different levels of ancient Maya economy, working together in unison to produce what we now know as their extensive trade history!

- The Social Economy - the degree to which resources were collectively managed by members of society.

- The Political Economy - the degree to which resources were centrally managed by a great privilege elite.

- The Domestic Economy - all practices that contribute to the many modes of consumption, production and reproduction of the household at various levels of society.

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Belize and the Earliest Maya: Archaeological Data and New Interpretations
Archaeological investigations concerning the earliest Maya have been of archaeological interest for many decades. Northern Belize serves as a valuable region for researching and understanding early Maya developments. The ancient Maya site of Colha in northern Belize is a focal point of some early developments beginning in the Archaic period (about 3400 BCE). Natural resources in the region, especially in the chert-bearing zone, attracted people to the region extending back more than 12,000 years ago. Pottery-producing settled Maya villages are in place ca. 1000 BCE in Belize and across the ancient Maya world. Recent studies have identified earlier than Maya occupants in the region that had significant cultural developments, including semi-permanent occupation and horticulture. It seems plausible, perhaps likely by our assessment, that these late Archaic people (or aceramic populations) may have been the earliest Maya communities. Belize's prehistory is quite significant in Maya (and pre-Maya) studies. Factors of defining communities, aspects of horticulture, and the transition from the Archaic into the Preclassic are reviewed in consideration of - just who were the earliest Maya?

About the Presenter: Fred Valdez is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at UT Austin. He serves as Director of the Texas Archeological Research Lab (TARL), and also Directs the Programme for Belize Archaeological Project (PfBAP) in northwest Belize. His research includes investigations of social-political developments among pre-Maya through Postclassic Maya, studies of material culture, and human-environment interplay (specifically concerns of inequity, resilience, and adaptation). He is a recognized national and international scholar with numerous publications and presentations.

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