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    This document defines key terms related to ancient Maya civilization, including natural underground water reservoirs called cenotes, ancient manuscripts called codices, the process of digging called excavation, hieroglyphic symbols called glyphs, the green stone jade, the Maya people, the Mesoamerican region, decorative designs called motifs, the Maya city of Palenque, a wild pig-like animal called a peccary, a ball game played with rubber balls in ball courts called pok-ol-pok, large triangular structures called pyramids that honored gods and rulers, stone coffins called sarcophagi, and upright stones or slabs with inscriptions called stelae.

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    This document defines key terms related to ancient Maya civilization, including natural underground water reservoirs called cenotes, ancient manuscripts called codices, the process of digging called excavation, hieroglyphic symbols called glyphs, the green stone jade, the Maya people, the Mesoamerican region, decorative designs called motifs, the Maya city of Palenque, a wild pig-like animal called a peccary, a ball game played with rubber balls in ball courts called pok-ol-pok, large triangular structures called pyramids that honored gods and rulers, stone coffins called sarcophagi, and upright stones or slabs with inscriptions called stelae.

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    Vocabulary

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    Mr. Bobby Social Studies and Language Arts Class Wiki
    This document defines key terms related to ancient Maya civilization, including natural underground water reservoirs called cenotes, ancient manuscripts called codices, the process of digging called excavation, hieroglyphic symbols called glyphs, the green stone jade, the Maya people, the Mesoamerican region, decorative designs called motifs, the Maya city of Palenque, a wild pig-like animal called a peccary, a ball game played with rubber balls in ball courts called pok-ol-pok, large triangular structures called pyramids that honored gods and rulers, stone coffins called sarcophagi, and upright stones or slabs with inscriptions called stelae.

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    cenote

    natural underground reservoir


    of water (open pit of water)

    codex

    an ancient manuscript

    excavate

    make by digging

    glyphs

    a hieroglyphic character or
    symbol; a pictograph

    jade

    a hard green stone

    Maya

    a member of an American
    Indian people

    Mesoamerica

    includes the southern part of what is


    now Mexico and northern countries of
    Central America

    motif

    decorative design

    Palenque

    one of the first city-states of


    the Maya civilization

    peccary

    an animal that is like a wild


    pig

    pok-ol-pok

    a Maya ball game played with a


    solid rubber ball in a large ball court

    pyramid

    a large, triangular structure built to


    honor the Maya gods and/or rules

    sarcophagus

    a stone coffin

    stele

    an upright stone or slab with an inscribed or


    sculptured surface, used as a monument or as
    a commemorative tablet

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