To find the tablecloth drop (the length your tablecloth will hang down from the tabletop), you simply subtract the table length from the linen size and then divide by two. For instance, you have a 48 inch square table and have a 70 inch square tablecloth.
Maya origins. While hunters and gatherers had a presence in Central America stretching back thousands of years, it was in what archaeologists call the Pre-classic period (1800 B.C. to A.D. 250) that permanent village life really took off.
When Spanish adventurers began to arrive in Central America, around 1500, the Maya were the first native people they encountered-and the last to be conquered. It was not until 1697 that the Itza Maya of central Peten, in Guatemala, were finally defeated after several abortive entradas.