Mayans by Amanda Teixeira https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv en-us 2017-08-12 19:06:35 UTC 2025-11-16 17:48:25 UTC hello@padlet.com Eduardo Resendiz https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181877266 the observatory was called that because  it looks like  a snail. it looks like that because of its spiral stairs and what interest me about the mayans is how they can do many thing that you dont think people can do like how they added all the limestone codex is a meaning for a anceint manuscriot ]]> 2017-08-21 14:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181877266 Dora urquidez https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181877536 What interest me the most is the stories behind the buildings and what they were used for.Its called the "Carjacorl"because the way it was gapped like the snail. A codex is a accent text in a book.]]> 2017-08-21 14:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181877536 leon armstrong https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181877638 i was interested in the fact that they didn't destroy old buildings but built on top of them.
the observatory is called caracol because it looks like a snail. 

]]> 2017-08-21 14:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181877638 Diego Martin https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181877660 What interested me the most was the structures it was really amazing. A codex is an old manuscript.It is named Caracol because in it there is a spril stair case Caracol means snail or sea shell so its like snails and sea shells. An equinox is how much daylight rather than the moon going between The earth and The sun.]]> 2017-08-21 14:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181877660 Mario Rhobotham https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181877760 What I found most interesting was that even though they didn't know what Jupiter was they still found it different from the other stars just by looking at it. Question number 2 a codex is an old version of today's books. Question number 3 it was named that because it was a place to look at the star or planets ina a spiral tower suggesting the name caracol or seashell in Spanish


]]> 2017-08-21 14:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181877760 Felix Elzey https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181878288 What interested me most is that there is a temple within another temple.]]> 2017-08-21 14:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181878288 Catalina Garcia https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181889357 The Mayan civilization were very smart when it came to astrology. They had a ¨Caracol¨ which was a building shaped as a snail or rather close to it. What was so interesting about it was the placement of it. It was place in way where the window was pointing at Venus and pointing at others areas. With that, the Mayans could tell when a person death could happen, when it was a good time to fight, or when to harvest. As for the codex, it was an old manuscript text that more in a book form.  ]]> 2017-08-21 15:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181889357 Alonso Garcia https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181889600 What interested me more about the Mayan Civilization was how they positioned and built the observatory and pyramid.Codex is an ancient manuscript text that was in book form. Caracol means snail or sea shell which have spirals and there is a spiral stair case inside the Caracol observatory.]]> 2017-08-21 15:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181889600 Carina Quigley - Steele https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181895997 I was interested most by there being two pyramids. One staked on top of the other. 
A codex is an ancient manuscript in book form.
The observetory was called Caracol because Caracol means snail and there is a spiral stair case in the center.]]> 2017-08-21 15:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181895997 Jorge Turner https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181898258 What interested me most was why the Mayans put the pyramid there.
The reason why the building is called Caracol is because of the spiral. 
A codex is an ancient manuscript.]]> 2017-08-21 15:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181898258 Logan Martin https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181898863 The thing that interested me the most was their buildings and how they used them. Codex is an ancient manuscript that was in book form. Caracol is a building shaped as a snail ]]> 2017-08-21 15:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181898863 Olivia Watts https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181899072 What interested me the most was that none of the buildings were destroyed. A codex is a ancient manuscript. The building was named Caracol because  it was shaped like a snail.]]> 2017-08-21 15:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181899072 Violeta Cowart https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181899660 1) What interested me was that there was another pyramid inside of the first pyramid. 
2) A codex is an ancient manuscript.
3) The observatory was called Caracol because it means snail and there is a spiral staircase in the middle of it.]]> 2017-08-21 15:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181899660 Jesus Barfield https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181900301 What was most interesting about the Mayan Civilization is everything is placed strategically placed. An codex is an ancient manuscript. The observatory is called "Caracol" because it was shaped like snail.]]> 2017-08-21 15:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181900301 Carla Cannady https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181901249 1. What interested me was that there was another pyramid inside the first one.
2. A codex is an ancient manuscript.
3. The observatory is called Caracol because it was shaped like a snail.]]> 2017-08-21 15:45:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181901249 Lupe Scholz https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181902857 1. What interested me most about the Mayan civilization is that they like crossed eyes and sloped foreheads. They would actually try and make their children have either if they didn't have one of the other!!
2. A codex is an ancient manuscript. 
3.  The observatory is called "caracol" because of the observatory's snail-like appearance.


]]> 2017-08-21 15:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181902857 Josue Avellnaeda https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909004 1.Something  that was very interesting is that the Mayans base a lot of things from stars.
2.A codex is a ancient manuscript
3. Caracol means sea shell.The observatory has a spiral set of stairs.]]> 2017-08-21 16:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909004 Leon Pardue https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909042 1. The thing that interested me most about the mayan civilization is that how they could observe the sky using there eyes.
2.A codex is a type of ancient type of book or manuscipter.
3. The observatory is called caracol because the two doors face venus the 3 windows face a different star and the tile face when the summer solsice rises and the winter solsice ends. ]]> 2017-08-21 16:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909042 Catalina Rapert https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909046 1. That The Mayans built the pyramid over a smaller pyramid.
2. Codex is an ancient manuscript.
3. The reason the observatory was called a Caracol was that it meant Snail in Spanish and it had a stair case that was curved around the building.]]> 2017-08-21 16:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909046 Paco Corrigan https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909210 1. The thing thing that interested me the most about the Mayan was how big they built the temple and how hard it would have been without the modern tools that we have today.
2.A codex Is an ancient manuscript.
3.The observatory is called caracol which means snail in Spanish which is why  there is a spiral in the building.]]> 2017-08-21 16:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909210 Pepe Nicholson https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909270 What interested me the most is how the Mayans built a structure like that and made it such a big structure. 
      A codex is an ancient manuscript.
      The observatory is called Garagol because that means snail or seashell in spanish. The structure is in a spiral shape like a snail shell.]]> 2017-08-21 16:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909270 Violeta Schubiger https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909308 1. What interested me the most was when it said a smaller pyramid was inside the Mayan pyramid.
2.  A codex is an ancient manuscript 
3. It is called Caracol because of its spiral staircase hidden inside. (Caracol means snail.)]]> 2017-08-21 16:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909308 Felix Ratliff https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909566 1. The thing that interested me was that the one pyramid was built on top of the other. 
2. An ancient writing or manuscript
3. The observatory is called Caracol becasue it is shaped like a snail or seashell. ]]> 2017-08-21 16:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909566 Eva Thompson https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909618 1. I thought that the level of intelligence the Mayans had at that time was incredible. They built an observatory like structure and put the windows in exact locations to see certain things.
2. Codex is an ancient piece of writing.
3. Caracol means snail or seashell in Spanish. It is called this because of its spiral staircase hidden inside.]]> 2017-08-21 16:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181909618 Guadalupe Zuniga https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181921607 1. The most interesting things about the Mayans was how intelligent they were, Like Mayans were able to learn math and have there own language BEFORE Europe. 

2.Codex is the Mayan language/writing. they used that to communicate with each other.

3.The observatory is named "Caracol" which means snail or seashell in Spanish, also because the building is shaped like a shell.]]> 2017-08-21 17:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181921607 Pablo Larker https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922323 1 The most interesting thing I heard is that the Mayans the did not destroy buildings they just rebuild on it they put rubble on the first one then they build on it to make it bigger.
 
2 The codex is an ancient manuscript

3 The Observatory is named Caracol because how is was made it was spiral were the stairs were was facing the planet Venus and the three windows were representing northern and southern most position and astronomical south that is why it is called Caracol. ]]> 2017-08-21 17:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922323 Jesus Owens https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922446 1. The thing that interested me the most was that the Mayans were able to create such a massive temple/pyramid.
2. A codex is ancient manuscript.
3. It is called Caracol  because it had a spiral and it means snail or seashell in Spanish.]]> 2017-08-21 17:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922446 Victoria DellaPeruta https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922512 What interested me was that how much it took to build such big buildings.

A codex is an ancient manuscript.

The reason it is called Caracol is because its shaped like a spiral and caracol means snail.]]> 2017-08-21 17:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922512 Leon Densmore https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922537 1. What interested me was how that they didn't destroy the old towers the just put ruble on them and build on top of them.
2. A codex is an ancient manuscript.
3. Because it is shaped like a spiral and Caracol me snail or sea shell in Spanish.  ]]> 2017-08-21 17:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922537 Rosalina Freyre https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922539 1. What interested me the most was the fact that the Mayans were able to build those humongous temples without the tools we have today. It amazes me even more was that they built a pyramid inside of a pyramid.
2. A codex is an ancient manuscript.
3. It is called Caracol because of the spiral shape and it also means seashell in Spanish.]]> 2017-08-21 17:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922539 Eduardo Islas https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922596 1. The thing that interested me the most was the fact that instead of destroying the temple underneath, they built one over it.
2. Codex is an ancient manuscript.
3. The reason it's called Caracol is because in spanish it means snail or seashell and was shaped in spiral design because of this]]> 2017-08-21 17:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922596 Hector Brown https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922614 1. Interested me the most is that they built a temple over the other temple, also how they lined up the windows to the plant Venous.
2. A Codex is an ancient manuscript.
3. Caracol is spanish for sea shell, so the dome is shaped like a spiral.]]> 2017-08-21 17:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922614 Rosa Adle https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922895 1. What interested you most about the Mayan civilization?
 I am mostly interested by how the Mayans were actually kind of genius in their own way because they figured out things like basing how they construct things on astronomical observations without all the modern technology we use today.
2. What is a codex?
A codex is like and ancient manuscript put into book form.
3. Why is the observatory called "Caracol"?
The observatory is called "Caracol" because of the spiral structure of the building and because it means snail or seashell in Spanish.

]]> 2017-08-21 17:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922895 Diego Tequia https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922933 What interested me the most about the Mayan civilization was that they build pyramids on top of pyramids. 
The Codex was an ancient manuscript.
The observatory was called Caracol because it was a spiral like building and Caracol means snail or seashell. 

]]> 2017-08-21 17:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181922933 Juliana Joyner https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181923109 What interested me the most was that they built the larger pyrimad  over the smaller one instead of distroying it.

Codex is an  ancient manuscript

The observatory was named Caracol because of the spiral stair case in the middle leading to the top  ]]> 2017-08-21 17:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181923109 Angela Wood https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181923641 1. What interests me about the Mayan civilization is that they were very fond of astrology.
2. Codex is an ancient manscript.
3. The observatory is called a "Caracol" because of the spiral staircase inside the building.]]> 2017-08-21 17:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181923641 Martin Ratliff https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181924645 1. What interested me most was how they managed to build such big buildings without many of the tools we use today. I can barley imagine how many years any people it took to build the temples.

2. A codex is an ancient manuscript.

3. It is called a Caracol because the tower was shaped like a spiral and that Caracol means snail or seashell in Spanish.]]> 2017-08-21 17:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181924645 Gabriela Batten https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181967779 1. How they build right on top of the other structure. Also how they have windows to look at planets.
2. Codex is an ancient manuscript.
3. Its is called a Caracol because of its spiral staircase structure inside.

]]> 2017-08-21 22:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181967779 Catalina Mooneyham https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181971185 1.  What interested me is how they came up with the idea to build a pyramid on top of a pyramid so that the outside one would be larger. 
2. A codex is an ancient manuscript. 
3. The building is called Caracol because it is in a spiral shape, and "Caracol" means snail.]]> 2017-08-21 22:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181971185 Nathan Snodgrass https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181978759
1. The most interesting thing about the Mayan temple Chichen Itza was the idea of putting a temple inside the structure to build a complex structure
2. A Codex is an ancient manuscript used by the Mayan civilization.
3. The complex observatory built by the ancient Mayans, also called "Caracol", was usd to study the planet Venus and the "phases" of the sun. The name Caracol, an ancient word for snail, was given by the spiral staircase leading to the top observatory tower.
]]> 2017-08-22 00:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181978759 Diana Rodriguez https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181980691 1. What interests me the most is that the structure is 60,000 tons, and the fact that the mayans didn't take the other buildings down, they just built over it. 
 2. A codex is a ancient manuscript by the mayans civilization.  
3. The structure "caracol" is an ancient word for snail or shell.]]> 2017-08-22 00:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181980691 Isabella Fordham Neuwirth https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181982665 1. What interested me the most was how the Mayans made such accurate measurements without interments.
2.A codex is an ancient manuscript. 
3. "Caracol" means snail or shell and the structure was called this because of the spiral stair case within it's walls.]]> 2017-08-22 00:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181982665 Pedro Bowers https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181984123 1. What interested me the most is how they built Chichen Itza over an existing temple to more easily make it bigger.
2. A codex is an ancient manuscript that the Mayans used.
3. Caracol is another word for shell and the observatory is called this because of the spiral staircase inside.]]> 2017-08-22 00:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181984123 Eva Eaton https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181996622 1. What interested me the most was that instead of taking down the old temple/pyramid they just put rubble on it to make it bigger.
2.A codex is an ancient manuscript.
3. It is called a Caracol because that means shell in Spanish and the observatory had a spiral staircase like the shape of a shell.]]> 2017-08-22 02:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/181996622 Mario Oortman 094635 https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/182055708 1. What interested me was that underneath the Mayan temple there was a second layer and then a tomb inside.
2. A codex is a manuscript that Mayan people used.
3. The observatory is called carocal because it is another name for shell and the observatory was in a shell formation.]]> 2017-08-22 12:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/182055708 Nando Isenbarger https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/182057724 1. What interested me most about the Mayans was that the built a pyramid over a pyramid which is extremely hard work because one block ways extremely heavy.
2. A codex is an ancient manuscript that Mayan people used.
3. It is called a shell because Caracol means shell  and the staircase inside is shaped like a snail shell.]]> 2017-08-22 12:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/182057724 Tomàs Delgado https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/182064937 1. The most interesting part abou the mayans to me was that they built temples inside their pyramids.
2. A codex is a manuscript used by the Mayans
3. Caracol is Spanish for shell and the observatory is in the shape of a shell]]> 2017-08-22 12:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/182064937 Ross McCarthy https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/182079679 1.]]> 2017-08-22 13:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/182079679 Cristina Elwood https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/182213429 1.The most interesting part was how there was a whole pyramid under a larger one.
2. A codex is an ancient manuscript that the mayans used.
3. Caracol means shell in spanish and the observatory had a spiral like a shell.

]]> 2017-08-22 23:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/182213429 Alfonso Wilson https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/182213649 1. What interests me about the mayans is how smart they were. They were very advanced for their time, they knew how to study the skies, and they knew how to build some very intriguing architecture. 
2. A codex was a hieroglyphic manuscript the mayans used.
3. The Mayan observatory was called carocal because it is defined as "snail" or "seashell" and they used this word because the observatory had a spiral staircase. Snail shells have spirals on them as well as the famous conch shell.]]> 2017-08-22 23:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/182213649 Eva Luther https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/182229744 1. What interested me was how did the mayans build the observatory right in that spot where astronomy events took place i that exact spot. 
2. A codex is a medicine recipe or astronomy records wrote by mayans.
3. The mayans named the observatory Caracol because of the spiral shape of the observatory.]]> 2017-08-23 01:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ateixeira/fvpmt37nz7xv/wish/182229744