Human Migration Brought Maize to Maya Region, Study Finds. A new analysis of the DNA of the remains of ancient people in the jungles of Belize reveals that farming technology arrived from the south.

July 3 (UPI) --The preference for a maize-centric diet by Mayan elites may have left the ancient civilization more vulnerable to climate change, according to new research.To better understand the ...

The Mayan maize god, named Hun Hunahpu, was one of the most important gods to the Mayan people. A sacred Mayan book, the Popol Vuh describes how the gods formed humans from dough made of yellow ...

Migrants from south carrying maize were early Maya ancestors. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 03 / 220323101209.htm. University of New Mexico.

All this suggests southern migrants brought fully-domesticated maize plants with them to the Maya region. Maize was a Mayan diet staple akin to wheat for Europeans, reports Mary Beth King of Phys.org.

Maize-centric diet may have contributed to ancient Maya collapse. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 07 / 190703121405.htm ...

Maya men in Belize prepare maize, a staple crop in the region for 4,700 years. (Keith Prufer) Doug Kennett knew maize became a staple crop among. No paywalls. No subscriptions.

Mayan Myth And Mayhem. April 29, 2004. By Mark Jenkins. TODAY WE are awash in mythology. Every Westerner is able to mix and match from myriad sources, whether Norse epics, samurai films, the book ...

Panoramic view of the Archaeological Zone of Tonina, Mexico. This is where the stone disc, with the iconographic representation of the young maize god, was found in 2021.

The Mayan maize god represented in the urn found | photo INAH Posted in Archaeology by Guillermo Carvajal January 9, 2024 January 9, 2024 As part of the archaeological rescue efforts carried out by ...

The representation of the Mayan god, more than 1,300 years old, was found during conservation work. (photo by Gibrán Huerta) Archaeologist Arnoldo González Cruz excavating the sculpture in July ...