Yuri Knorozov identified syllabic signs in this civilization’s script, most sources of which were destroyed (10[1])by Diego de Landa. This civilization used fig-bark to make a type of paper called huun (“hoon”). As a funerary (-5[1])monument for a long-reigning ajaw (“ah-HOW”) named Pakal the Great, (10[1])this (10[1])civilization built the Temple of the Inscriptions (10[1])at Palenque. 394-year periods known as baktun (“BAHK-toon”) are used in this civilization’s base-20 timekeeping, attested in books like the Dresden Codex. Popular misinterpretations of this civilization’s Long (10[1])Count calendar sparked the idea that the world would end in 2012. For 10 points, which civilization built sites like Chichén Itzá (“CHEE-chen eets-HAH”) around the Yucatán Peninsula? ■END■ (10[1])