Maya stelae (singular stela) are monuments that were fashioned by the Maya civilization of ancient Mesoamerica. They consist of tall, sculpted stone shafts...

independently, by Mesoamerican civilisations, notably the Olmec and Maya. The large number of stelae, including inscriptions, surviving from ancient Egypt and in...

culturally significant to the Maya, and indicates that Ruler 4 was well respected both in life and in death. Dedications: Altar: 2 Stelae: 9, 10, 11, 22, 40 Yo’nal...

Spanish. In addition, a great many examples of Maya texts can be found on stelae and ceramics. The Maya developed a highly complex series of interlocking...

able to decipher much of it in the early 20th century. The Maya erected a large number of stelae. These had a Long Count date. They also included a supplementary...

Mayan or Maya mythology is part in of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all of the Maya tales in which personified forces of nature, deities, and the...

The Maya (/ˈmaɪə/) are an ethnolinguistic group of indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group...

Maya monarchs, also known as Maya kings and queens, were the centers of power for the Maya civilization. Each Maya city-state was controlled by a dynasty...

In archaeology, the classic Maya collapse was the destabilization of Classic Maya civilization and the violent collapse and abandonment of many southern...

Until the discovery that Maya stelae depicted kings instead of high priests, the Maya priesthood and their preoccupations had been a main scholarly concern...

400 BC, near the end of the Middle Preclassic period, early Maya rulers were raising stelae that celebrated their achievements and validated their right...

Most surviving texts are found on pottery recovered from Maya tombs, or from monuments and stelae erected in sites which were abandoned or buried before...

Mesoamerica reached their high-point in this era. Especially notable are the Maya stelae (carved pillars), exquisite monuments commemorating the stories of the...

of major archaeological groups linked by causeways. Approximately 40 Maya stelae have been discovered at the site, about half of which feature sculpture...

Calakmul is one of the most structure-rich sites within the Maya region. The site contains 117 stelae, the largest total in the region. Most are in paired sets...

ceramics, mirrors rarely appear on publicly visible art, such as Maya stelae or openly visible Maya architecture. Tikal Stela 31 includes mirror imagery in the...

Valeriana is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche in the tropical rainforest jungle near its eastern border with the state of Quintana...

territory of the Late Postclassic Maya states and polities into the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain. The Maya occupied the Maya Region, an area that is now...

(most of them are underground).it was filled with stelae and pieces of sculpture of deities from the Maya pateon such that were found scattered throughout...

significant elements of the costumes of rulers on stelae and in other representations found in ancient Maya art. These plaques, which hung from belts, were...

The traditional Maya or Mayan religion of the extant Maya peoples of Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and the Tabasco, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Campeche...

This list of Maya sites is an alphabetical listing of a number of significant archaeological sites associated with the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian...

The Maya calendar is a system of calendars used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and in many modern communities in the Guatemalan highlands, Veracruz, Oaxaca...

In pre-Columbian Maya civilization, ceremonial dance had great importance. However, since dance is a transient art, it is inherently difficult for archeologists...

several other sculptures represent rulers, nothing has been found like the Maya stelae which name specific rulers and provide the dates of their rule. Instead...

were the primary written records of Maya civilization, together with the many inscriptions on stone monuments and stelae that survived. Their range of subject...

December 2012 to commemorate the event in the countries that were part of the Maya civilization (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador), with main events...

dedicatory activities that preceded the setting up of stelae was not uncommon at any time or place in the Maya lowlands." In 2005 a mass grave of one- to two-year-old...

installed in Belmopan at the roundabout facing the Embassy of Mexico. Maya stelae Moai Monte Alto culture Stone spheres of Costa Rica Diehl 2004, p. 111...

be the representation of this shift in political thinking. Caryatid Maya stelae Evans, Susan (2008). Ancient Mexico and Central America: Archaeology...