Polity · 850 CE – 1546 CE

Later Mayan City-States

Peak recorded area: 187,922 km²; 1450 CE
Data series: 9; 1520 CE–1520 CE
Sources cited: 3; see all

Overview

The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period. It is known by its ancient temples and glyphs (script). The Maya script is the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in the pre-Columbian Americas. The civilization is also noted for its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system.

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Territory

13 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.

See the 1450 CE borders on the map →

The record

The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1546 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.

People

People series recorded for Later Mayan City-States, each with the year the value belongs to and the source it came from
Series	Value · year · source
Community Size	7ordinal1520 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock)

Economy

Economy series recorded for Later Mayan City-States, each with the year the value belongs to and the source it came from
Series	Value · year · source
Agriculture Intensity	3ordinal1520 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock)
Subsistence Agriculture	7ordinal1520 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock)
Subsistence Fishing	2ordinal1520 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock)
Subsistence Gathering	0ordinal1520 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock)
Subsistence Hunting	1ordinal1520 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock)
Subsistence Husbandry	0ordinal1520 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock)

Governance

Governance series recorded for Later Mayan City-States, each with the year the value belongs to and the source it came from
Series	Value · year · source
Jurisdictional Hierarchy	2ordinal1520 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock)

Development

Development series recorded for Later Mayan City-States, each with the year the value belongs to and the source it came from
Series	Value · year · source
Class Stratification	5ordinal1520 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock)

Sources

Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.

Cliopatria
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock)Ethnographic Atlas (D-PLACE 2.3)
Kirby, K.R. et al. (2016). D-PLACE: A Global Database of Cultural, Linguistic and Environmental Diversity. PLoS ONE 11(7).
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Wikipedia
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Later Mayan City-States is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.

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