Now, if you noticed, most of the items that survived are made of stone or CERAMIC. But that doesn't mean the Maya didn't bury flowers or possibly food with those who died. It's just that food and flowers DECOMPOSE with time.

One of the great things about ceramic wares is that even though they may break, the broken bits, called POTSHERDS, last thousands and thousands of years, and people in the future can look at them to learn about the past.