Depending on where the Mayas settled they used different techniques of gathering food. The earliest Mayas hunted birds, monkeys, rabbits, deer, and other wild animals.
(especially the gods of sun, rain and corn), a priestly class, the importance of astronomy and astrology, rituals of human sacrifice, and the building of elaborate paramedical temples.
The Maya were one of the only ancient civilizations that understood the concept of zero. This allowed them to write very large numbers
The Pyramid of Kukulkan at Chechen Its, constructed circa 1050 was built during the late Mayan period, when Toltec's from Tulsa became politically powerful.