Mayan Art Megathread

A few more:

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And one in color:

 

There is quite an artistic range in the Quezacoatl I see:

- 2 or 4 Wings
- Legs or no Legs
- Snake head or Dragon Head
- Spiky tail or feathered tail
...

In the Quetzal not so much

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Can't read it, but I like the artwork!

 

Been finding a lot of neat images from Mayakan recently:



Carving a stela at Copan



Tulum:



Part of a Mayan Codex, refurbished.



Paris codex I think?

 

Some interesting articles on Mayan Reservoirs and water control, specifically in the city of Tikal



This had a big impact on their ability to grow enormous populations within their cities.



Side View:




Some articles:

• Sci News- Largest Ancient Mayan Dam found in Guatemala (2012)
  
• Penn Museum- Marvel of Maya Engineering: Water Management at Tikal (2012)
• PNAS- Water and sustainable land use at the ancient tropical city of Tikal, Guatemala (2012)

 

Macaw of Copan

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A few examples of Mayan foods:

 

(link)

 

Mayan altar:

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With people for scale; way bigger than I expected.


Detail of one of the legs:

 

This is great to watch/hear. Interesting stuff!

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Map of Calakmul:



Map of Nakum:

 

Panel 1 from Pomona:

 

Three very similar Mayan glyphs (link):



Each of these items tended to use jaguar skins in order to make/cover them.

 

I enjoyed this article, had a good set of glyph and pronunciation guides.

 

Yaxchilan Stela 35, Lady Eveningstar: