I'm beginning to be interested in Central and South American history, and I have a few other follow up questions based on the topic.
Follow-up questions:
I heard from a TV show about a certain, ancient, Mayan pyramid ruins in a spot in Belize, and it was basically a massive pyramid with 3 smaller pyramids on top of it. It was mentioned that from those pyramid ruins, there would've been a massive city stretching from a radius 8 miles from very direction from those Mayan pyramid. So, would such cities of that size (or close to that size of a city) persist in the Mayan civilization until the Spanish Conquistadors landed?
What weapons would the Mayans have used? (clubs, daggers, etc.?) Did their weapons advance when the Spanish arrived? (e.g. trading firearms).
To answer your first question, Mayapan, located in the northern area of the Yucatan, was a rather large city-state that was the successor to Chichen Itza. Mayapan was largely abandoned in 1480 due to a sort of civil war. The Xiu family turned on the ruling Cocom family and slaughtered all but one of the family members (the survivor was off trading in present-day Guatemala).
Besides Mayapan, there was also Nojpeten which was situated on an island in the Peten region. Nojpeten controlled a number of other large towns and continually incited resistance and rebellion against the Spanish. Nojpeten was not conquered until 1697 when a Spaniard went out of his way to build a highway to the city for the express purpose of relieving his family's glorious conquistador days by conquering the last Maya kingdom.
As for your second question, I can't provide a great answer.