Re hlahisa nalane ea setso sena seo sebaka sa sona sa tšusumetso se neng se akaretsa linaha tsa Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Chiapas le karolo ea Tabasco, Rephaboliking ea Mexico, hammoho le Guatemala, Belize le likarolo tsa Honduras le El Salvador.
Tikolohong e sa tloaelehang le e enneng ea tlhaho e entsoeng ke meru e meholo e fumanang pula e ngata; ke linōka tse khōlō tse kang Motagua, Grijalva le Usumacinta; ke mekoloko ea lithaba tse tsoang seretse se chesang, matša a kristale le meru e teteaneng, hape le libaka tse bataletseng tse batlang li se na linoka kapa lipula empa ka linoka tse se nang palo le libaka tsa metsi tse tsejoang e le li-cenotes, ba ile ba lula linakong tsa pele ho Sepanishe, ho pota 1800 BC, ho pota Merabe e 28 e neng e bua lipuo tse fapaneng (joalo ka Mayan oa Yucatecan, Quiché, Tzeltal, Mam le K'ekchi '), leha bohle ba tsoa kutung e le' ngoe, mme ba thehile setso se seholo se fetang nako le sebaka ka popo ea hae ea mantlha le e makatsang: tsoelopele ea Mayan.
Sebaka se ka bang 400,000 km2 se kenyelletsa linaha tsa hajoale tsa Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo le likarolo tsa Tabasco le Chiapas Rephaboliking ea Mexico, hammoho le Guatemala, Belize le likarolo tsa Honduras le El Salvador. Leruo le mefuta-futa ea sebaka seo li lekana le liphoofolo tsa lona: ho na le likatse tse kholo joalo ka lengau; liphoofolo tse anyesang tse kang litšoene, likhama le li- tapir; mefuta e mengata ea likokoanyana; lihahabi tse kotsi tse kang noha ea Nauyaca le noha e chesang e mongobo, le linonyana tse ntle tse kang quetzal, macaw le ntsu e harpy.
Tikoloho ena e fapaneng ea tlhaho e ne e bonts'oa ke polelo ea bonono le borapeling ba Ma Mayane. Leoatle, matša, liphula le lithaba li ile tsa susumetsa maikutlo a hae mabapi le tšimoloho le sebopeho sa bokahohle, hammoho le ho theoa ha libaka tse halalelang tse bohareng ba litoropo tsa eona. Linaleli, haholo-holo Letsatsi, liphoofolo, limela le majoe e ne e le liponahatso tsa mabotho a bomolimo, a neng a boetse a loantšitsoe le motho ka ho ba le moea le thato. Tsena tsohle li senola tlamahano e ikhethang lipakeng tsa motho le tlhaho, kamano ea tlhompho le kutloano e ipapisitse le letsoalo la bonngoe ba bokahohle bo neng bo le bohareng ba moetlo oa Mayane.
Ma-Mayan ba thehile linaha tse matla tse ikemetseng, tse busoang ke marena a maholo a meloko e tummeng bao e neng e le bo-ralipolotiki ba nang le boiphihlelo, bahlabani ba sebete mme, ka nako e ts'oanang, baprista ba phahameng. Ba bontšitse khoebo e mafolofolo mme ba arolelana le batho ba bang ba Mesoamerica temo ea poone, borapeli ba melimo ea tsoalo, litšebeletso tsa boitelo le boitelo ba batho, le kaho ea liphiramide tse hatiloeng, hara tse ling tsa moetlo. Ka mokhoa o ts'oanang, ba hlahisitse mohopolo oa nako le mokhoa oa ho fetoha o laolang bophelo bohle: lialmanaka tse peli, letsatsi le le leng la matsatsi a 365 le moetlo o le mong oa 260, li ile tsa hokahanngoa ho theha lipotoloho tsa lilemo tse 52.
Empa ho feta moo, Ma-Mayan a thehile sistimi e tsoetseng pele ka ho fetesisa Amerika, a kopanya matšoao a fonotiki le matšoao a maikutlo, mme a hlahella tsebo ea bona e sa tloaelehang ea lipalo le bolepi ba linaleli, kaha ba sebelisitse boleng ba matšoao le zero ho tloha qalong ea mehla ea Bokreste, e ba behang e le baqapi ba lipalo lefats'eng ka bophara. Mme ka ho nka nako ya ketsahalo e iqapetsoeng e le "letsatsi e ne e le" kapa qalo (Phato 13, 3114 BC khalendareng ea Gregory) ba ile ba ngola matsatsi ka ho nepahala ho makatsang tsamaisong e rarahaneng e bitsoang Initial Series, ho siea tlaleho e tšepahalang e ngotsoeng ea nalane ea bona. .
Bamaya ba boetse ba hlahella har'a batho ba bang ba Mesoamerica ka boqapi ba bona bo majabajaba, lejoe la bona le ntlafalitsoeng le litsoantso tsa stucco, le bonono ba bona bo ikhethang bo ba bontšang hore ke batho ba ratang borapeli. Sena se netefalitsoe ke litšōmo tsa bona tsa cosmogonic, moo lefatše le etselitsoeng ho aha motho, mme ba morao ho fepa le ho hlompha melimo, mohopolo o behang motho joalo ka ketso ea hae ea moetlo e lumellang botsitso le boteng ba bokahohle. .
Tsoelo-pele e kholo ea Mayane e ile ea fokotsoa ke bahlōli ba Spain lipakeng tsa 1524 le 1697, empa lipuo, litloaelo tsa letsatsi le letsatsi, litloaelo tsa bolumeli le, ka bokhutšoanyane, mohopolo oa lefats'e o ileng oa theoa ke Mayans oa khale, ka tsela e itseng o ile oa pholoha ho litloholo tsa bona nakong ea mehla ea bokolone mme o ntse o phela ho fihlela kajeno.
