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Danzante Figure
Monte Albán
Oaxaca
Mexico
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Week 08

The Classic

Read:
 Mexico, Ch. 6, "The Classic Period," pp. 121-131
Read: The Maya, Ch. 4, "Classic Splendor: The Early Period," pp. 80-88
Look over:
 The Maya, "Dynastic Rulers of Classic Maya Cities," pp. 247-248
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study

 

Aerial View of Tikal

Tikál
Guatemala

Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan

 Teotihuacán, Mesoamerican Photo Archives -- ©David R. Hixson

 
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Week 08 Day 15

Tuesday 27 October 2009

nlt 2:43 Teotihuacán: The City of the Gods
(27 min., 2002, DVD 121)

  

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MAforum: Topic 3

 

Interactive Dig: El Carrizal
<http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/veracruz/>

The widely-acclaimed Scout Report of 23 October 2009 features the Interactive Dig, El Carrizal, a Formative Period (1500 B.C.-A.D. 100) site in south-central Veracruz. The project originally came to light "as part of our community service for archaeology undergraduate studies at Universidad Veracruzana (U.V.)."

The Scout Report reports . . .

"Located in south-central Veracruz state, the El Carrizal site in Mexico is one of the latest archaeological excavation sites profiled on the Archaeology magazine website. Offered as part of their 'Interactive Dig' series, this particular dig started in 2009, and the team leading the work here includes dedicated archaeologists from Mexico and other parts of Latin America, and a clutch of local high school students. The site includes updates in the 'From the Field' area, an introductory section ('Beyond The Trenches'), and frequent posts on the progress of their work. One rather nice feature here is that almost all of the material is available in Spanish, as well as English. Visitors are encouraged to leave comments on the site, and there's also a search engine here on the left-hand side of the homepage."

Blue book for exams.

Current map of El Carrizal showing 11 complete mounds and 5 partially destroyed mounds.
(PAC Map Archive 2009)

Have a look at the El Carrizal web site, starting with the "Introduction" at
<http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/veracruz/?page_id=3>

Questions:

1. In your opinion, what is the value of on-line "interactive" sites to courses like Ancient Middle America?

2. How would you rate the importance of El Carrizal in relation to other archaeological sites you have encountered in class?

3. Why?

 

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Features of the Day

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nlt 2:43 video:

Teotihuacán: The City of the Gods
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Teotihuacan: City of the Gods.



Return Midsemester Exams

 

 

If you took the exam on-line your exam is back in your
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with comments
at <https://webdrop.d.umn.edu>

 

 

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"The Curve"


  A = 93.0%   A- = 90.0%
B+ = 87.0%     B = 83.0%     B- = 80.0%
C+ = 77.0%   C = 73.0%   C- = 70.0%
D+ = 67.0%   D = 63.0%   F   = below 60.0%

 

Note: if you took or will take a makeup exam, it may take several days for you to get your exam back
 

 

New Business

Timeline and Stages (Periods)
(commonly accepted stages and stage criteria)

stages handout
(as defined by various authors)

Stages handout thumbnail.
(scanned version)

Mesoamerican Stages
(Periods)

stages handout
(as defined by various authors)

(read from bottom to top)
V. Spanish Conquest  
IV. (slides)
III. Classic (slides)
II. Mesoamerica Identifies Itself

(slides: Introduction, Early, Middle, Late)

 

I.

 

"Hunting / Gathering"
Archaic, or Incipient Agriculturalists

(slides)

 


Sites:


  Tepexpan (map) (slides)
     
     
Cuello (map) (slides)
 

Mesoamerican Stages
(Periods)

stages handout
(as defined by various authors)

(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. 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. 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

 
 

Old Business

 

Mesoamerican Stages
(Periods)

stages handout
(as defined by various authors)

(read from bottom to top)
V. Spanish Conquest  
IV. (slides)
III. Classic (slides)
II. Mesoamerica Identifies Itself

(slides: Introduction, Early, Middle, Late)

 

I.

 

"Hunting / Gathering"
Archaic, or Incipient Agriculturalists

(slides)

 


Sites:


  Tepexpan (map) (slides)
     
     
Cuello (map) (slides)

 

  
 

Assignments

Read:
 Mexico, Ch. 6, "The Classic Period," pp. 121-131
Read: The Maya, Ch. 4, "Classic Splendor: The Early Period," pp. 80-88
Look over:
 The Maya, "Dynastic Rulers of Classic Maya Cities," pp. 247-248
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study
 

Notes

  • Tuesday 20 October 2009: Finished stages and stage criteria to end of Archaic. Later do Pre-ClassicMesoamerica Identifies Itself (slides: Introduction, Early, Middle, Late). Also do Major features of natural areas (slides).
  • Thursday 22 October 2009: Midterm exam.
  • Tuesday 27 October 2009: Handed back/reviewed midterm exams, esp. with reference to final exam. Reviewed Preclassic (slides). Viewed Teotihuacán: The City of the Gods (27 min., 2001, DVD 121), did not review terms/concepts or notes.
 
 

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Zoque cloth.

Zoque cloth
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Week 08 Day 16

Thursday 29 October 2009

nlt 2:10 Search for the Lost Cave People
(ca. 60 min., 1998, VC 3339)

 

Partially-excavated remains of a child.

Partially-excavated remains of a child
 

Announcements
 

Features of the Day

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nlt 2:10 video:

Search for the Lost Cave People
(ca. 60 min., 1998, VC 3339)

Search for the Lost Cave People video.
 

Old Business

  • the week after next
 

Assignments

Read:
 Mexico, Ch. 6, "The Classic Period," pp. 121-131
Read: The Maya, Ch. 4, "Classic Splendor: The Early Period," pp. 80-88
Look over:
 The Maya, "Dynastic Rulers of Classic Maya Cities," pp. 247-248
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study
 

Notes


  • Mathematics and Calendrics (slides)
    • we will do the Written Record later

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