1.cenote: natural underground reservoir of water (open pit of water)
2.codex: an ancient manuscript
3.excavate: make by digging
4.glyphs: a hieroglyphic character or symbol; a pictograph
5.jade: a hard green stone
6.Maya: a member of an American Indian people
7.Mesoamerica: includes the southern part of what is now Mexico and northern countries of Central America
8.motif: decorative design
9.Palenque: one of the first city-states of the Maya civilization
10.peccary: an animal that is like a wild pig
11.pok-ol-pok: a Maya ball game played with a solid rubber ball in a large ball court
12.pyramid: a large, triangular structure built to honor the Maya gods and/or rules
13.sarcophagus: a stone coffin
14.stele: an upright stone or slab with an inscribed or sculptured surface, used as a monument or as a commemorative tablet
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