The Mayans

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Across
  1. 1. to weave a raised design into cloth
  2. 6. family descent - family tree
  3. 7. decode; to make out the meaning of something
  4. 9. c.800BC to AD1224 - Maya city - "The opening of the well of the Itza"
  5. 11. Maya calendar of 260 days - used to fortell the future and avoid bad luck
  6. 12. something set up to keep alive the memory of a person or event, as a tablet or statue
  7. 13. a nonscientific claim that the moon, sun, and stars affect human affairs and can be used to fortell the future
  8. 14. Maya calendar for 365 days
  9. 15. the Itza name for the Mexican god, Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent
Down
  1. 2. a style of design and construction
  2. 3. a gradual wearing away
  3. 4. underground limestone sinkhole
  4. 5. the act of attaining a throne or coming into power
  5. 8. a group of states or territories under one ruler
  6. 10. to desert
  7. 13. the science that deals with the origin, size, motion etc. of the stars and planets