PEOPLE IN THE VALLEY ANCIENT MAYA YUCATAN

PEOPLE IN THE VALLEY ANCIENT MAYA YUCATAN

Ancient Mayans
Valley native inhabitants of Yucatan were brown-skinned and dark haired. These people called themselves Maya Nation. The Maya have lived in the Valley of the Yucatan since 3000 years before Christ. Until now the Mayans are still alive and living in the Valley of the Yucatan. The Mayans who lived until the year 1500 AD is called the Ancient Mayans.

Forest and Rain
Yucatan Valley is located in tropical northern boundary. Precisely in the 10o-22o North Latitude. The sun shone brightly all day in the Valley of the Yucatan. The air was hot and humid. Rain fell during the 6 months during May to October. The dry season lasts November to April. In the tropics the plants grow very fast. Therefore, full Yucatan Valley a very dense forest. Yucatan Valley does not have a lot of water. Ground water can only be obtained after the wells dug as deep as 500 meters. Ancient Mayans can only get water from the rain and

swamp in the woods.

Corn Farmers
Ancient Mayans lived in a very dense forest. Ancient Mayans had to cut and burn forests in order to available land to plant corn. Corn planted when the soil loose rain hit. To irrigate the corn garden, the ancient Mayans created a channel of water from the swamp to the cornfield. Unfortunately, the soil is less fertile valley Yucatan. Arable land is only 3 times during the harvest. After the third harvest, the ancient Mayans had to cut down the forest and wait for the rain came down again. Ancient Mayans had to know when the rainy season. If they are too late to prepare the garden of corn, the ancient Mayans would have no corn to eat.

Penagamat Heaven
Ancient Mayans trying to mark when the rainy season. Ancient Mayans see the signs of nature around him. At that time, around the ancient Mayan tree, animal, and the sky. Which could be marker of rain will arrive?
Apparently, the rainy season can be characterized by the motion of the sun, moon, and stars. Heavenly bodies become markers season for the ancient Mayans. Ancient Mayans studied the motion of the sun, moon, and stars very carefully. Observations Ancient Mayans are right, although the observation was only done with the naked eye. Ancient Mayan sky is a great observer.

SKY NATION ANCIENT MAYA
There are no city lights dazzle as 3000 years ago. Ancient Mayans saw only a dark night full of stars. The stars looked so bright. Some celestial bodies are considered very important by the ancient Mayans.
Teko Star Air
After the sun set in August, the ancient Mayans see the pot-shaped constellation in the northern sky water. Star was named Xam-aan. This means that pour water jug. Ancient Mayan mark jingka-aan Xam star appear, storm and flood season has arrived.
Corn sun
The sun is very appealing to the ancient Mayans. Golden sunlight like a kernel of corn. As the sun rose, the Maya began to plant corn in the garden. As the sun sank the Mayans could not do anything because the night was dark.
Ancient Mayan observes how the sun moves during the day. They noticed a day where the sun is directly overhead. That is, the sun does not create shadows when you are directly above his head. Ancient Mayans and mark the day. Ancient Mayans also count the number of days required for the return of the sun at that position. The result was 365 days.
Star Snake Tails
Ancient Mayans had a constellation or Tzab Snakes Tail-Ek. Ancient Mayans thought their ancestors came from the constellation Tzab-Ek.


LEGEND Milky Way galaxy

Milky Way galaxy is a collection of stars, planets, and clouds of gas. In the night sky Milky Way galaxy just a long white mist stretched. Ancient Mayans considered Milky Way galaxy is very important. Milky Way galaxy has a lot of names, faces, and stories of the Ancient Mayans. Especially, Milky Way galaxy visible in the sky on August 13th.
Ceiba Tree in Heaven
On the night of August 13, Ancient Mayan see exactly Milky Way galaxy Ceiba Tree. Milky Way galaxy to stand upright in the northern sky mitip trees. The top widening Mliky exact Way branch. In the middle of the Milky Way there are twigs dark gap that separated branch. Ancient Mayans called the dark crack the Dark Hole or Xibalba.
The ancient Mayan legend says the ancient Earth was formed because of the Milky Way. When Milky Way stands erect like a Ceiba tree, the sky Get up to the top. Roots, stems, and twigs "Milky Way Tree" connecting heaven and earth. For the ancient Mayans, that's when the Earth and the sky was born.
Maize god Boat
After midnight on August 13, Milky Way galaxy to change just the boat. Ancient Mayans believed the sun god Corn is sailing a boat ride to the Dark Side win back Xibalba.
Snakes Xibalba
Milky Way turned into a white snake in the month of December. White snake's head in the constellation Gemini. The white snake's head looks sharp fangs. Mayan watching the sun across the position of the sharp white fangs on December 21. That means the sun god through the corn has succeeded in the Dark. Ancient Mayans believed the world will be bright again after the sun across the sky snakes Xibalba.