This program illustrates how - without the use of metal, pack animals, or even the wheel - the Maya engineered sky-high temple-pyramids, ornate palaces, and advanced hydraulic systems.

Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 14, 2010. Learn360 is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.

The Maya: Conquest, Ingenuity and Disaster (2:58) -- Maya City States (2:02) -- Yikin Chan Kawil c.734-760 AD (2:01) -- Yik'in Chan Kawil: Temple of the Great Jaguar (2:21) -- Yik'in Chan Kawil: Temple IV (1:57) -- Temple of Inscriptions at Palenque (4:13) -- Pacal the Great: c.615-683 AD (3:26) -- Pacal's Temple of the inscriptions (2:18) -- Kan Bahlam: c684-702AD (4:16) -- Palenque's Aqueducts (2:54) -- Implosion of Maya City States (3:21) -- Chichén Itzá's El Caracol (3:11) -- Chichén Itzá's El Castillo (2:02) -- City of Chichén Itzá (2:00) -- Spanish 1517 Arrive on Yucatan Peninsula (2:35) -- Future of Mayan Archaeology (2:21).