Impucuko yamaMaya yayingenye yezithuthuke kakhulu e-Antiquity, njengoba kukhonjiswa yimicebo eminingi yemivubukulo esekhona kuze kube namuhla. Kodwa-ke, amazinga okushisa aphezulu abangela izinkinga ezinkulu, kwaze kwafika ezingeni lokuthi Babeyimbangela eyinhloko yezingxabano zempi ezenzeka ngasekupheleni kobukhona bazo.
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Ngakho-ke, ngemodeli yezibalo, Bakwazile ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izimvula azibuthinti ubudlova, kepha ukwanda kwamazinga okushisa kubenze baba nodlame kakhulu. Umbhali osebenza naye we ukutadishaUMark Collard uchaze ukuthi "ucwaningo oluningi luthi abantu banolaka ezimweni ezishisayo." Kodwa-ke, wengeze ukuthi kumaMayan into ebaluleke kakhulu ibihlobene nomphumela amazinga okushisa aphezulu anawo kulinywa ummbila.
Ummbila wawubaluleke kakhulu kubo, kangangoba isithunzi sabaholi sasixhomeke, hhayi empumelelweni yabo kuphela ezimpini, kepha nokuthi babekwazi yini ukutshala lokhu okusanhlamvu kahle ngokwanele ukuze kudliwe abantu bonke. Lapho kunesomiso namaza okushisa, isivuno sasincishiswa kakhulu, ukuze bakhethe ukubamba iqhaza ezingxabanweni eziningi zamasosha.
Yize kunzima ukwazi ukuthi ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kuzoletha izimpi eziningi yini, kuyinto okungafanele siyinqabe. Abanye bathi impi elandelayo kuzoba eyamanzi; Hhayi ngeze, singabantu abaningi ngokwengeziwe abahlala lapha futhi kunezinsizakusebenza ezimbalwa futhi ezimbalwa esizitholayo.