Kuparadzaniswa pakati peProto-Yucatecan (kuchamhembe, ndiko kuti, Yucatán Peninsula) uye Proto-Ch'olan (kumaodzanyemba, ndiko kuti, Chiapas highlands uye Petén Basin) yakanga yatovapo neClassical period, apo zvinyorwa zvakawanda zveMaya zvakanyorwa. Mhando dzose dziri mbiri dzinopupurirwa mumanyoro e hieroglyphic panzvimbo dzeMaya dzenguva iyoyo, uye zvose zviri zviviri zvinowanzonzi "Classic Maya mutauro". Kunyange zvazvo mutauro mumwe chete wechiremera wakanyorwa zvakanyanya pamanyoro e hieroglyphic, uchapupu hwemazana matatu akasiyana eMayan akawanikwa mukati memanyoro e hieroglyphic ekumaodzanyemba eEast Maya akanyorwa munzvimbo yose yeWestern Yucatán Peninsula uye nzvimbo yeWestern Yucatán Peninsula, chikonzero nei John Roberts achitaura kuti zvinyorwa izvi zvakawanikwa muClassic-Classic uye zvinyorwa zveMaya zvakashoma uye zvichida zvakashandiswa zvakasiyana-siyana kubva mumitauro yeMaya yekare yepakati nepakati, uye zvinyorwa zveMaya zvakashoma zvakash
Mutauro wechiMaya wekare