Maya area

E854977
cultural region historical region

The Maya area is a historical and cultural region of Mesoamerica where the ancient Maya civilization developed its cities, writing system, and distinctive art and architecture.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Maya cultural area 2
Classic Maya area 1
Maya region 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
culture Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedArchitectureStyle Maya architecture ⓘ
developedArtStyle Maya art NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedCalendarSystem Maya calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedWritingSystem Maya script NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedDuring Classic period of Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature astronomical observatories ⓘ
ballcourts ⓘ
complex calendrical systems ⓘ
corbelled vault architecture ⓘ
hieroglyphic writing ⓘ
polychrome ceramics ⓘ
stelae with inscriptions ⓘ
stepped pyramids ⓘ
hasMajorSite Bonampak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Calakmul NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caracol NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chichén Itzá NERFINISHED ⓘ
Copán NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaminaljuyú NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palenque NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quiriguá NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tikal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tulum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uxmal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yaxchilán NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubregion Maya Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Maya Lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific coastal plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Maya Lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
inhabitedBy Maya peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor monumental architecture ⓘ
sophisticated writing system ⓘ
urban city-states ⓘ
languageFamily Mayan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Belize NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Mexico ⓘ
western El Salvador ⓘ
western Honduras ⓘ
partOf Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod Classic period ⓘ
Postclassic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Preclassic period ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Cobá → culturalRegion → Maya area ⓘ
Chicxulub Pueblo → hasCulturalRegion → Maya area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maya region
Izamal → culturalRegion → Maya area ⓘ
Chol people → historicalRegion → Maya area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classic Maya area
Santa Ana, Petén → locatedInCulturalRegion → Maya area ⓘ
Dolores, Petén → culturalRegion → Maya area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maya cultural area
San Luis, Petén → hasCulturalRegion → Maya area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maya cultural area