A volcanic eruption that buried a Mayan village 1,400 years ago preserved a manioc field—the first evidence that the nutritious crop was cultivated by the ancient people.

Thousands of Mayan Indians lost homes as Hurricane Dean blew through the Yucatan peninsula, but their real wealth was the trees, now scattered and broken in the storm's wake.

Survived The Mayan Apocalypse? Here Come The Radish People : The Salt Each Dec. 23, they descend upon Oaxaca's main plaza: giant root vegetables carved into human figures and other vivid forms.

Dionisio Yam Moo stands about four-and-a-half-feet tall, and his skin is weathered from years in the tropical sun. A "proudly Mayan" farmer, he grows corn, beans and vegetables on a six-hectare ...

For instance, a patch of crops can be grown together or separate in one area, sowed and reaped at the correct season, Beilin said. UW professor of Organic and Sustainable Cropping Systems Erin Silva ...

Mayan farmers struggle to grow corn. Within a few decades, corn crops in Tabi, Mexico went from abundant to sparse. Indigenous farmers there feel real change in the climate and want governments to ...

If the peasants raised their crops by the same primitive methods as their present descendants, ... It is the Mayan equivalent of March 18, 457 A.D., a year in which, ...

According to Braswell, in the year 672, the jade pendant was used for the first time in a ritual focused on summoning wind and rain, which was essential for Mayan crops.

The city states of the ancient Mayan empire flourished in southern Mexico and northern Central America for about six centuries. Then, around A.D. 900 Mayan civilization disintegrated. Two new ...

From 300 to 900 A.D., Mayan civilization flourished throughout the Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize and Honduras, achieving unparalleled advances in astronomy, mathematics ...

This particular god was responsible for providing the rain necessary for healthy crops. An agricultural society, for the Mayans, Chaak played an essential role in their culture — and their survival.