Maya peoples

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The Maya peoples are a diverse group of Indigenous Mesoamerican communities known for their advanced pre-Columbian civilizations, including achievements in writing, astronomy, mathematics, and monumental architecture, who continue to inhabit regions of Mexico and Central America today.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Mesoamerican civilization ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
calendarSystem Haabʼ ⓘ
Long Count calendar ⓘ
Tzolkʼin ⓘ
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
continent North America ⓘ
cosmologyFeature World Tree ⓘ
linked to: Yggdrasil

underworld Xibalba ⓘ
country Belize ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
deity Chaac ⓘ
Itzamna ⓘ
Ix Chel ⓘ
Kʼawiil ⓘ
Kʼinich Ajaw ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Mesoamerica ⓘ
hasSubgroup Chʼol Maya ⓘ
Itzaʼ Maya ⓘ
linked to: Itza Maya

Kaqchikel Maya ⓘ
linked to: Kaqchikel

Kʼicheʼ Maya ⓘ
Lacandon Maya ⓘ
linked to: Lacandon

Mam Maya ⓘ
Qʼeqchiʼ Maya ⓘ
Tzeltal Maya ⓘ
Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil

Yucatec Maya ⓘ
historicalEvent Spanish conquest of the Maya ⓘ
knownFor astronomy ⓘ
ballcourts ⓘ
complex calendar systems ⓘ
hieroglyphic writing ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
observatories ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
polychrome ceramics ⓘ
positional vigesimal numeral system ⓘ
pyramids ⓘ
stone stelae ⓘ
stucco sculpture ⓘ
use of zero ⓘ
languageFamily Mayan languages ⓘ
mainRegion Chiapas ⓘ
Guatemalan Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guatemala Highlands

Petén Basin ⓘ
linked to: Maya lowlands

Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
ongoingIssue cultural preservation ⓘ
land rights conflicts ⓘ
linguistic revitalization ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of Central America ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ
religion Evangelicalism ⓘ
Maya religion ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
syncretic Christianity ⓘ
timePeriod Classic period ⓘ
Colonial period ⓘ
Postclassic period ⓘ
Preclassic period ⓘ
modern era ⓘ
traditionalBeverage chocolate drink ⓘ
traditionalCrop beans ⓘ
cacao ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalGame Mesoamerican ballgame ⓘ
UNESCOHeritage cultural traditions recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage ⓘ
writingSystem Maya script ⓘ

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

Eastern Mexico → hasIndigenousGroup → Maya peoples ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Mexico
Southern Mexico → hasEthnicGroup → Maya peoples ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Mexico
Quintana Roo → languageGroupPresent → Maya peoples ⓘ
Guatemala Highlands → hasEthnicGroup → Maya peoples ⓘ
Kaminaljuyú → archaeologicalCulture → Highland Maya ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Petén Department → historicalRegionOf → Itzaʼ Maya people ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Indigenous peoples of the Americas → includesEthnicGroup → Maya peoples ⓘ
Poqomam Maya → subgroupOf → Maya peoples ⓘ
Poqomam Maya → partOf → indigenous peoples of Guatemala ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Guatemalan Americans → ethnicOrigin → Maya peoples ⓘ
Guatemalan Americans → relatedGroup → Maya peoples ⓘ
Tzolkʼin calendar → usedBy → ancient Maya ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Lacandon → languageBranch → Mayan ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Ixil → languageFamily → Mayan ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
House of Pakal dynasty → culturalSphere → Lowland Maya ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
The Blood of Guatemala → subjectMatter → Maya peoples of Guatemala ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Temple V → belongsToCulture → Lowland Maya ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Osario pyramid → builtBy → Maya peoples ⓘ
Platform of Venus → builtBy → Maya peoples ⓘ
Casa Colorada → culturalHeritageOf → Maya peoples ⓘ
Chaac → worshippedBy → Lowland Maya ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Tinum, Yucatán → hasEthnicGroup → Maya people ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Totonicapán region → majorEthnicGroup → Indigenous Maya ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Temple of the Phalli → builtBy → Maya people ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Nohoch Mul pyramid → builtBy → Maya people ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Grupo Las Pinturas → hasAssociatedPeople → Maya people ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Maya hieroglyphs → developedBy → Maya people ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Caste War of Yucatán → mainParticipants → Maya people ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Ah Kim Pech → associatedEthnicGroup → Maya people ⓘ
subject linked to: Mayan settlement of Ah Kim Pech
linked to: Maya peoples
Campeche → demographicsGroup → Maya peoples ⓘ
subject linked to: Campeche state
Yucatec Maya → spokenBy → Maya peoples of the Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Southeastern Mexico → hasEthnicGroup → Maya peoples ⓘ
subject linked to: southeastern Mexico
Izamal → foundedBy → Maya people ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Chontal of Tabasco → relatedEthnicity → Maya peoples ⓘ
Chol people → subgroupOf → Maya peoples ⓘ
Tzotzil → languageFamily → Mayan ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Totonicapán → hasEthnicGroup → Maya peoples ⓘ
Poqomchiʼ Maya → subgroupOf → Maya peoples ⓘ
Xiu Maya → category → Indigenous peoples of the Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
Jaibalito → inhabitedBy → Maya people ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples