Classic Maya (or properly Classical Chʼoltiʼ) is the oldest historically attested member of the Mayan language family. It is the main language documented...
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In archaeology, the classic Maya collapse is the destabilization of Classic Maya civilization and the violent collapse and abandonment of many southern...
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most names are either Yucatec or Kʼicheʼ. The Classic Period names (belonging to the Classic Maya language) are only rarely known with certainty. Alphabetical...
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time, and both are commonly referred to as "Classic Maya language". Although a single prestige language was by far the most frequently recorded on extant...
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Chʼortiʼ is a direct descendant of the Classic Maya language in which many of the pre-Columbian inscriptions using the Maya script were written. Chʼortiʼ is...
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common ancestor of the 30 living Mayan languages, as well as the Classic Maya language documented in the Maya inscriptions. While there has been some...
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era to form over 30 languages that have survived into modern times. The language of almost all Classic Maya texts over the entire Maya area has been identified...
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Classic Maya art, is mentioned in Classic period glyph texts and has been verified archaeologically by analysis of skeletal remains from the Classic and...
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other classic texts were written by scribes—usually members of the Maya priesthood—in Classic Maya, a literary form of the extinct Chʼoltiʼ language. It...
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Preclassic period in Maya history stretches from the beginning of permanent village life c. 1000 BC until the advent of the Classic Period c. 250 AD, and...
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