<P> In Guatemala the development of Mayan girls was compared to socio - economically better off mixed girls of mostly European origin . </P> <P> Mayan babies and their mothers share the same bed . </P> <P> Guatemalan Mayan girls have a low rate of education and come from impoverished backgrounds . Primary education was finished by just 10% of Mayan girls since the poverty stricken Mayan girls have a large dropout rate . </P> <P> The prevalence of females in rituals reflects the importance of women to Maya social structure during the Classic period (AD 250--AD 900). Women were the primary weavers of textiles, which formed a major part of any ancient Mesoamerican economy . Based on ethnohistory and iconography, the Maya were huge producers of material for both internal and external use . However, the archaeological classification of textile production is complicated in any tropical region because of issues of conservation . </P>

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