The Maya
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The Maya Are Not Going Away
I think what we're seeing across the ancient world are finite systems of existence on a landscape. The jungle slowly wraps its tendrils around great mega cities of the classic era, like Tikao and Pelinqué. Where once humans dominated, the Spider-Monkeys and Jaguars and Quetzalbirds find sanctuary in the deserted temples and abandoned homes. But the Maya have not gone away. They are merely reinventing themselves again. We enter the post-classic period. For some there's a return to the land and simpler ways of life. To the north of the main area of decline, existing cities continue to prosper, even if the age of the Despot kings is virtually at an end
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