In this first part of our look at the Pre-Classic Maya, I talk about the Early and Middle Pre-Classic, the origins of social stratification, and surprisingly a fair bit about pots.

Resources

The Maya - Michael D. Coe and Stephen Houston

3000 Years of War and Peace in the Maya Lowlands - Geoffrey E. Braswell

Public Ritual and Interregional Interactions: Excavations of the Central Plaza of Group A, Ceibal – Takeshi Inomata et al.

Daily Life in Maya Society – Robert Sharer

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Theme music Pony Trek Guitar : Ahmad Mousavi Pour from Pixabay

In today's episode I discuss the colonisation of the America's in the archaic period, and how this affected the Maya region in particular. I also run us through the Popul Vuh, and the Maya's own origin myth.

Resources

The Maya - Michael D. Coe and Stephen Houston

Daily Life In Maya Civilisation - Robert Sharer

3000 Years of War and Peace in the Maya Lowlands - Geoffrey E. Braswell

https://maya.nmai.si.edu/the-maya/creation-story-maya

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Theme music Pony Trek Guitar : Ahmad Mousavi Pour from Pixabay

In today inaugural episode of the History of the Maya podcast I discuss who I am, why I made this podcast, and give us a brief overview of our subject area, the wonderful Maya.

Resources

The Maya - Michael D. Coe and Stephen Houston

Mexico from the Olmec to the Aztecs - Michael D. Coe, Rex Koontz, Javier Urcid

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Theme music Pony Trek Guitar : Ahmad MousaviPour from Pixabay