The culture of the Mayas as shown by their ruins

<p>It is the purpose of this paper to deal with the high state of culture attained by the mysterious Mayas of Central America and Yucatan.</p><p> How old is their civilization? No one knows.</p><p> Where did they come from? Who can say?</p><p> What did they wish to tell us in their writings that have come down through those past thousands of years? No one can decipher them.</p><p> The controversy over these points, and many others, has caused unlimited debate among scientists, and as yet, the questions remain unanswered.</p><p> What, then, is there to write about?</p><p> These people have left us beautifully carved stone buildings, palaces, and ruined cities that show careful planning; statues, pottery, etc., that show a remarkably high state of culture. This is to be the field of this paper.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year dc:date.available

1931

Author dc:creator

• Stone, Daniel James

Contributors dc:contributor

• G. A. Werner

• Mayas Antiquities
• Arts and Humanities
• History

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/915

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-1914