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Week 11

Map of the Mayan world.


Map of the
Mayan World
-- NOVA

 

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Read:
 Mexico, Ch. 8, "The Post-Classic Period: the Toltec State," pp. 151-174
Read: Mexico, Ch. 9, "The Post-Classic Period: Rival States," pp. 175-189
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study

 

 

Maya stelae of Copán, Honduras, Frederick Catherwood, 1839

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Copán, Honduras
 
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Week 11 Day 21

Tuesday 17 November 2009

nlt 2:10 Lost Kingdoms of the Maya
(60 min., 1993, VC 2163)

  

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Features of the Day

(Old Business next week)

nlt 2:10 video:

Lost Kingdoms of the Maya
(60 min., 1993, VC 2163)

Lost Kingdoms of the Maya videotape.

Good supplementary video:
Lost King of the Maya
(Copán's Yax K'uk Mo') -- Nova
(60 min., 2001, VC 4357)
transcript
 

Old Business

  • next week
  
 

Assignments

Read:
 Mexico, Ch. 8, "The Post-Classic Period: the Toltec State," pp. 151-174
Read: Mexico, Ch. 9, "The Post-Classic Period: Rival States," pp. 175-189
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study
 

Notes

  • Thursday 12 November 2009: Reviewed "Terms/Concepts" and "Notes" and viewed Maya Lords of the Jungle (60 min., 1981, VC 212).
 
 

Copan ritual.

Ritual
Copán, Hondudras
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Week 11 Day 22

Thursday 19 November 2009

nlt 2:16 Cracking the Maya Code
(54 min, 2008, DVD 1575)

Maya glyphs in stucco at the Museo de sitio in Palenque, Mexico.

Maya glyphs in stucco at the Museo de sitio in Palenque, Mexico
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The Ball Court by Tatiana Proskouriakoff.

The Ball Court
 Tatiana Proskouriakoff
Copán, Hondudras
Peabody Museum

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nlt 2:16 video:

Cracking the Maya Code
(54 min, 2008, DVD 1575)

Cracking the Maya Code banner.

While watching this program pay some attention to the relationship between research/scholarship and the social-polotical climate of the times

This is also a good example for Philosophy of Science, History of Science, and the Sociology of Knowledge

see also

Writing Systems

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Old Business

  • next week
  
 

Assignments

Read:
 Mexico, Ch. 8, "The Post-Classic Period: the Toltec State," pp. 151-174
Read: Mexico, Ch. 9, "The Post-Classic Period: Rival States," pp. 175-189
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study
 

Notes

  • Thursday 12 November 2009: Reviewed "Terms/Concepts" and "Notes" and viewed Maya Lords of the Jungle (60 min., 1981, VC 212).
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