The Mayans

3. decode; to make out the meaning of something
4. c.800BC to AD1224 - Maya city - "The opening of the well of the Itza"
7. a gradual wearing away
8. Calendar Maya calendar for 365 days
9. a group of states or territories under one ruler
10. a nonscientific claim that the moon, sun, and stars affect human affairs and can be used to fortell the future
11. Maya calendar of 260 days - used to fortell the future and avoid bad luck
14. a style of design and construction
16. the Itza name for the Mexican god, Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent

1. the act of attaining a throne or coming into power
2. something set up to keep alive the memory of a person or event, as a tablet or statue
5. family descent - family tree
6. to weave a raised design into cloth
12. to desert
13. the science that deals with the origin, size, motion etc. of the stars and planets
15. underground limestone sinkhole