Then, with rising foreign competition and some serious revolts by the Mayan population, it was over.

Some of Berlin's more recent work is focused on medical ethnobiology and modern Mayan populations.

In the village of San Jose Succotz in Belize, local Mayan populations had given up many of their traditional practices and traditions.

The Mayan population wears some of the most colorful typical garments in the Country usually in bright yellows, greens and blues.

Our organization has seen this in its work with the Mayan Indian population in Guatemala.

They held important positions in the public administration and, while not rich, in relation to the Mayan population his family had more privileges than others.

In the Highlands, where the Mayan population is concentrated, the majority of the women still dress in their traditional hand-loomed costumes.

There, it established a micro-commune of volunteers and their families, living simply among Mayan populations and working under the approval of the military government.

And so it went throughout Guatemala as the megalomaniacal Alvarado sought fortune and renown by murdering and subjugating the Mayan population.

Poverty, illiteracy, lack of education and poor medical facilities are all much more common in rural areas, where the Mayan population is concentrated.