Maya priests used tables that followed Venus through a 584-day cycle and helped time omens and warfare. Which surviving book preserves those tables?

A Maya scribe wrote numbers with dots for ones and bars for fives. Which sign marked an empty place in that system?

A daykeeper paired 13 numbers with 20 day names to choose ritual days. Which Maya count is this?

A record divides the year into eighteen 20-day months plus a short 5-day period. Which Maya calendar does it describe?

A stela had to fix a king's accession in a sequence longer than one 52-year Calendar Round. Which dating system supplied that longer count?

Inscriptions from the southern lowlands show Tikal and Calakmul pulling smaller kingdoms into their rival camps. What pattern does that evidence support?

At Palenque, the Temple of the Inscriptions was begun during K'inich Janaab' Pakal's reign. What did archaeologists find preserved there?

Tikal's carved stone shafts often pair royal portraits with dated hieroglyphic texts. What have historians used them to reconstruct?

Late Classic monuments often show defeated nobles bound before rulers. What wartime result did elite Maya art emphasize?

In 738 CE, Quirigua's ruler captured and killed Waxaklajun Ub'ah K'awiil, the ruler of Copan. What does this episode show about Maya politics?

Large cities in the Puuc hills had no dependable surface water. How did Maya residents store enough water for dry months?

In lowland fields, Maya farmers commonly planted maize with beans and squash. Why was this combination useful?

At Pulltrouser Swamp, archaeologists found Maya raised and channelized fields. What did farmers use that system to do?

Royal bloodletting scenes show rulers piercing themselves and burning blood-soaked paper. What was the ritual meant to do?

At Chichen Itza's Sacred Cenote, excavators recovered objects placed in the water. Which purpose best fits those deposits?

Maya rulers sponsored ballgames in ceremonial centers before crowds. Which purpose best matches the evidence?

After about 800 CE, many southern lowland centers stopped raising dated monuments and lost population. Which statement best matches current evidence?

The end of royal monument building in the southern lowlands did not end Maya history. Which northern center remained important after 900?

Mayapan rose after Chichen Itza's decline and became a major Postclassic capital in northern Yucatan. What does that show about Maya society?

Spanish forces captured Nojpeten on Lake Peten Itza in 1697. Why does that date matter in the Maya story?