Description of Mayan Culture What is the difference between Mayan culture and Olmec culture and what controversies do exist between the two? Mayan Culture is a culture that emerged after the fall of the urban culture in 900 A.D. It is a Mesoamerican culture that came to be in the classical period and it was characterized with cultural creativity that took place in the whole region. They borrowed many cultural traits from the North and at the same time developed their own. The combination of the two revolutionized the subsequent Mesoamerican cultures. Much of this culture is still in use and valued among the Native Americans especially in Guatemala and Hondulus. On the other hand we have the Omes Culture. This was first noted in Mesoamerica and was deemed to be the mother of the Pre-Hispanic Mexican Culture. This culture began in the period between 1600B.C. and 1400B.C in the Southeastern Mexico. It was believed that these people created their first cities in this region. In this research paper, the main focus will be on the differences between the two cultures and the controversies that exist. The classical Mayan culture developed in Mesoamerican Southern lowland areas. It was characterized by a lot of constructions, urbanism, monumental inscriptions and the people city empire that comprised of many city states and some of these cities are Tikal, Calkment, palenque Dos pilas Uaxactum, Bonampak, Copan and Alturitta. (Fagan, B.1991) The most notable feature of these people is the construction of the pyramids that were constructed non-religious centers and in palaces where their rulers resided. There are other notable and highly valued archeological materials that remained and these are the stone slabs that were known as ‘Stelae’ but the Mayan referred to them as ‘tetun’ These curved stone slabs portray rulers with some texts written in hieroglyphics explaining their military victories genealogy and some other achievements they had. The Mayan people just like the other Mesoamericans were long distance traders. Examples of those who participated with Mayans in the long distance trade were the Teotihuacán, various groups in Mexico and the Zapotech some things that attests to this fact have been collected by the archeologists and these are items such as Cacao, jade, seashells and obsidian, most of them which were used in trade. Miller M. and Simon M..2004) Controversies between two cultures There was some controversy on who between the Olmecs and the Mayans owned some particular cultures. For example a colossal head was discovered in 1862 along the Mexican Gulf in Mexico and to be specific in Veraoruz. Later some other cultural materials that were termed as Olmec were discovered in several sites in Mexico and Central America. Most of these findings were not known who was the original owner so they were misinterpreted. At that time, the Mayan culture was assumed to be the Mexican ‘mother culture’ thereby disputing the other theories that held that Olmecs were the owners of these cultures. This was not the truth of the matter but mere allegations that were without any foundation. Far much later in 1939 another caring of a head with an Olmec design on the side of the head was found. It had an Olmec label and dating system on the other side. This disrupted the zealously held belief that the Mayan were the f