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Week 13

The Maya

The Aztecs

Read:
Mexico, Ch. 10, "The Aztecs in 1519," pp. 190-205
Read: Mexico, Ch. 10, "The Aztecs in 1519," pp. 205-224, 236
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Work on: Case Study

Aztec Sunstone Calendar

Aztec Sunstone Calendar

 
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Tuesday 22 April 2008

Week 13 Day 25

nlt 04:13 Chichén Itzá: At the Mouth of the Well
(27 min., 2001, DVD 108)


 

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Mixtec Cuisine
 

The latest edition of Anthropology in the News reports
on a newly-announced National Geographic Mixtec discovery...


Earliest Mixtec Cremations Found;
Show Elite Ate Dog

Mixtec cremations discovery and depictions of cremation in Mixtec codeces.

llustrations from a 14th-century-A.D. Mixtec codex (top) show the Indian culture practicing cremation, a funerary ritual that was reserved for kings and emperors. A newfound burial site shows that cremation was practiced in 1100 B.C.—much earlier than previously believed. Images courtesy National Academy of Sciences, PNAS (Copyright 2008). 9 April 2008 National Geographic News

 

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In your opinion, what is the most important thing that this discovery tells us about life in Ancient Middle America?

Why?

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Features of the Day

 

nlt 04:13 video: Chichén Itzá: At the Mouth of the Well
(27 min., 2001, DVD 108)


The Observatory, Chichen Itza

The Observatory
(Edward Dawson)

 

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stages handout


Quick glimpse of the Bonampak Murals

 

Old Business

 

Assignments

Read:
Mexico, Ch. 10, "The Aztecs in 1519," pp. 190-205
Read: Mexico, Ch. 10, "The Aztecs in 1519," pp. 205-224, 236
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study
 

Notes

  • Thursday 17 April 2008: The Classic Stage -- (slides) to #141, Early Classic--Teotihuacán, and Teotihuacán slides to Palace of Quetzalcoátl with Joaquin Antonio Fernandez Espinoza de los Monteros, #33, (slides), Palace of Quetzalcoátl with Joaquin Antonio Fernandez Espinoza de los Monteros, #66 (.ppt)
  • Tuesday 22 April 2008: video: Chichén Itzá: At the Mouth of the Well (27 min., 2001, DVD 108); technical problems with software conmpatibiity shortened class
 
 
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Thursday 24 April 2008

Week 13 Day 26

nlt 03:53 Ancient Civilizations: The Aztecs
(47 min., 1999, VC 3530)

Aztec Sunstone Calendar

Aztec Sunstone Calendar

Announcements

 

 

Features of the Day

 

nlt 03:53 video: Ancient Civilizations: The Aztecs
(47 min., 1999, VC 3530)


Tenochtitlan.

Tenochtitlán

 

Tepetlaoztoc Codex, Manuscript.

Tepetlaoztoc Codex, Manuscript



 

Old Business

  • Teotihaucán (slides), Palace of Quetzalcoátl with Joaquin Antonio Fernandez Espinoza de los Monteros, #66 (.ppt)

  • The Postclassic Period Defined (introduction) (slides)
 

Assignments

Read:
Mexico, Ch. 10, "The Aztecs in 1519," pp. 190-205
Read: Mexico, Ch. 10, "The Aztecs in 1519," pp. 205-224, 236
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study
 

Notes

  • Thursday, 17 April 2008: The Classic Stage -- (slides) to #141, Early Classic--Teotihuacán, and Teotihuacán slides to Palace of Quetzalcoátl with Joaquin Antonio Fernandez Espinoza de los Monteros, #33, (slides), Palace of Quetzalcoátl with Joaquin Antonio Fernandez Espinoza de los Monteros, #66 (.ppt)
  • Tuesday, 22 April 2008: video: Chichén Itzá: At the Mouth of the Well (27 min., 2001, DVD 108); technical problems with software conmpatibiity shortened class
  • Thursday, 24 April 2008: Teotihuacán slides to "Viking Group", #97/98, video: Ancient Civilizations: The Aztecs (47 min., 1999, VC 3530)
 
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