Mayans in Hondurs
Pre-Columbian Honduras was populated by a complex mixture of indigenous peoples representing a wide variety of cultural backgrounds and linguistic groups the most advanced and notable of which were related to the Maya of the Yucatan and Guatemala. Mayan civilization had reached western Honduras in the fifth century A.D. Probably spreading from low land Mayan centers in Guatemala's Peten region. The Maya spread rapidly through the Rio Motagua Valley, centering their control on the major ceremonial center of Copan, near the present-day town of Santa Rosa de Copan. For three and a half centuries, the Maya developed the city, making it one of the principal centers of their culture. At one point, Copan was probably the leading center for both astronomical studies in which the Maya were quite advanced and art.
One of the longest Mayan hieroglyphic inscriptions ever discovered was found at Copan. The Maya also established extensive trade networks spanning as far as central Mexico.
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