The earliest Mayans were probably nomadic hunters and gatherers
		By 250 a.d. they had settled into communities
		The people traded food, pottery and jewelry.
		The Mayan people were small the men were about five feet tall and women were around four feet tall
		The Mayans used things from the forest to make rope and baskets.
		Every day living for most Mayas difficult and filled with work
		Men and boys planted crops and harvested them while the women and the girls made food for the family.
		The main foods were beans, corn and squash
		Mayan huts were made out of logs mud and palm leaves
		The Maya kept dogs as pets raised turkeys for food
		the Maya used a number system based on 20 they were the first to use zero.
		The Maya were at peace with the world around them
		the Maya believed in human sacrifice
		The Maya tried to be kind to every one
		The Maya played a religious ball game
		They panted them selves all different colors
		around 800 a.d. the Maya abandoned there cites no one knows why this happened
		the surviving Maya moved in to the rain forest
		today many Mayans live in villages in central America
		in 1992 Rigoberto menchu tum received the noble peace prize for bringing the Mayan people and the Guatemala government together