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Week 07

Midsemester Exam

"The Prelassic"

Review:	Materials for Midquarter Exam
Read:	After the exam read Mexico, Ch. 6, "The Classic Period," pp. 101-120 [Teotihuacán]
Post:	MAforum
Work on:	Case Study

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Tuesday 04 March 2008

Week 07 Day 13

Announcements

REM: The Midterm Exam will be on Thursday, 6 March 2008, 3:30 - 4:45 p.m.
From Texas A&M Anthropology in the News (28 February 2008)
- Mysteries of "Sacrificial" Maya Blue Pigment Solved? National Geographic News (2/26/08)
  - Secret to Mayan Blue Paint Found LiveScience (2/26/08)
  - Centuries-Old Maya Blue Mystery Finally Solved EurekAlert (2/26/08)
  - Centuries-Old Maya Blue Mystery Finally Solved Science Daily (2/26/08)
  - Mystery of 'Maya Blue' Dye Tied to Human Sacrifice New Scientist (2/27/08)
  - Scientists Figure Out Secret of Maya's Blue Paint MSNBC (2/27/08)
  - Feeling Blue? Not Like a Maya Sacrificial Victim Reuters (2/27/08)

Royals Weren't Only Builders Of Maya Temples, Archaeologist Finds Science Daily (2/25/08)
- Royals Weren't Only Builders of Maya Temples, Archaeologist Finds EurekAlert (2/25/08)
- Ancient Mayans: Temples for Everyone! LiveScience (2/27/08)
- Ancient Maya Temples Not Just for Royalty MSNBC (2/27/08)

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Features of the Day

Review for Midsemester Exam
- Sample Exam Questions
  - optional take-home question

Old Business
Catch up

The Preclassic Period
- online Time Line and Stages (Periods)
  - stages class handout
- Class Preclassic slides: Introduction, Early, Middle, Late

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Old Business

Orientation to the Archaic, and Preclassic

stages handout (scanned)

Mesoamerican Stages (Periods)
stages class handout

(read from bottom to top)

Spanish Conquest

IV.

Postclassic

(slides)

III.

Classic

(slides)

II.

Preclassic

Mesoamerica Identifies Itself

(slides: Introduction, Early, Middle, Late)

"Hunting / Gathering"

Archaic, or Incipient Agriculturalists

(slides)

				Sites:
				Tepexpan (map) (slides)
				Tehuacán (handout) (map) (slides)
				Cuello (map) (slides)

Lithic, or Early Hunters Stage

(slides)

Mesoamerican Stages (Periods) stages class handout (read from bottom to top) David K. Jordan Version
V.	Spanish Conquest	Late Post-Classic Period (part 2) A.D. 1400-Spanish Conquest More detailed chronology of the Aztecs Table of Aztec Monarchs
IV.	Postclassic	Late Post-Classic Period (part 1) A.D. 1200-1400
		Early Post-Classic Period A.D. 900-1200
III.	Classic	Late Classic Period A.D. 600-900
		Early Classic Period Mexico: A.D. 150-650 Maya: A.D. 250-600
II.	Preclassic	Late Formative (Pre-Classic) 300 B.C. - A.D. 300
		Middle Formative (Pre-Classic) 900-300 B.C.
		Early Formative (Pre-Classic) 1500/1800-900 B.C.
I.	"Hunting / Gathering"	Archaic (Incipient Farming) 7000± - 2000± B.C.
		The Lithic, or Early Hunters 11,000± - 7,000± B.C.
		Geological Background

The Preclassic Period
- online Time Line and Stages (Periods)
  - stages handout (scanned)
- Class Preclassic slides: Introduction, Early, Middle, Late
  - Tehuacán
    - Tehuacán handout
    - Tehuacán slides
  - Olmec and Epi-Olmec
    - La Venta
    - Pictures of Record slides
  - Cuello
    - Cuello slides
  - Copilco
    - Copilco slides
  - Cuicuilco
    - Cuicuilco slides
  - Teotihuacán I (Tzacualli phase)
  - Monte Albán II
  - Chupicuaro
  - Early Tres Zapotes
  - Tikál
  - Dzibilchaltún

The Lithic, or Early Hunters Stage
(slides)

The Archaic Stage
(map) (slides)

Sites:

Tepexpan (map) (slides)

Tehuacán (handout) (map) (slides)

Cuello (map) (slides)

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Assignments

Review:	Materials for Midquarter Exam
Post:	MAforum

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Notes

Thursday, 28 February 2008: Finished Basic Terms and Concepts in American Archaeology, Lithic review (slides), and Culture and Math: The Maya (15/31 min., 2006, CC, DVD 1110)
Tuesday 04 March 2008: Finished Archaic (slides) and Preclassic (slides: Introduction) through #33, fisheries

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Thursday 06 March 2008

Week 07 Day 14

Announcements

Good Luck on the Exam!

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Features of the Day

Midsemester Examination:
- You will have the choice of 4 of 13 questions
  - (13 = ?)
  - (4 = ?)
  - one of the 4 questions can be a take-home question
  - up to 400 points (29.1% of final grade)
- Sample Exam Questions
  - optional take-home question
- The exam will cover materials up to and including Day (13): text materials, in-class videos, lectures, and e-mails
- Major class-related materials that you may have received on e-mail may be included on the exam

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Old Business

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Assignments

Read:	After the exam read Mexico, Ch. 6, "The Classic Period," pp. 101-120 [Teotihuacán]
Post:	MAforum
Work on:	Case Study

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Notes

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