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Cortes' Route into Mexico
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Week 14

 

Read:
The Maya, Ch. 8, "Maya Life on the Eve of the Conquest," pp. 192-197
Read: The Maya, Ch. 10, "The Enduring Maya," pp. 230-242
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study

 

Cortez Attacking Tenochtitlan
Cortés attacking Tenochtitlán

 
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Week 14 Day 27

Thursday 10 December 2009

nlt 2:10 Out of the Past: "New Worlds"
(60 min., 1993, VC 2128)

 

Announcements

 
MAforum: Topic 6

Fighting with Jaguars, Bleeding for Rain

Fighting is part of the rituals that mark the beginning of the rainy season in Mexico's Guerrero Highlands.

"Fighting is part of the rituals that mark the beginning of the rainy season in Mexico's Guerrero Highlands. The masks resemble the heads of jaguars, animals with ancient connections to rain and sacrifice."

The current issue of Archaeology, Volume 61 Number 6, November/December 2008, carries the article . . .

"Fighting with Jaguars, Bleeding for Rain: Has a 3,000-year-old ritual survived in the highlands of central Mexico?"
<http://www.archaeology.org/0811/etc/boxing.html>

Have a look at the article above

Questions:

1. What do you think, has the author made the case that "a 3,000-year-old ritual survived in the highlands of central Mexico?"

Why or why not?

2. How valuable do think this type of ethnographic information is to the understanding of Ancient Middle America?

Why?

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REM: If you have any questions,
you can post them on the
MAforum
or bring them up in class

 

MAforum: Topic 14: Question for the Final Exam

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For Topic 14 have a look at the Final Exam information
at <http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/maexams.html#final>

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Review the materials

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Assignment:
1. Make up one good question for the final exam and post it on the the MAforum, and . . .
2. Briefly describe why you think your question is a good one
 

Note: The last day for this posting is Sunday, 7 December 2008

 

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MAforum: Topic 15

Semester Review and Evaluation
 

Lady Justice (Iustitia, the Roman Goddess of Justice.
Semester Review and Evaluation

Your last required posting is to provide a three-part evaluation of the semester:

A.
In one or two paragraphs briefly evaluate the course, covering the semester as a whole
B. List the three things that you most enjoyed during the semester
C. Not counting the exams, list the three things that you least enjoyed during the semester

MAforum final semester evaluations are due by Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 11:59 p.m. CDT


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Features of the Day

(Old Business next week)

Tenochtitlan.

Tenochtitlán

 

nlt 2:10 video:

Out of the Past: "New Worlds"
(60 min., 1993, VC 2128)

 

Macchu Picchu

Macchu Picchu
(Across the Divide Expeditions)

 

Old Business

  • next week
 
 

Assignments

Read:
The Maya, Ch. 8, "Maya Life on the Eve of the Conquest," pp. 192-197
Read: The Maya, Ch. 10, "The Enduring Maya," pp. 230-242
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study
 

Notes

 
 
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Week 14 Day 28

Tuesday 15 December 2009

nlt 2:10 Secrets of the Dead:
"Aztec Massacre" (60 min, 2008, DVD 1580)
(slides)

 

Announcements

 

 

Features of the Day

(Old Business next time)

nlt 2:10 video:

Secrets of the Dead:
"Aztec Massacre"
(60 min, 2008, DVD 1580)

nlt 04:23 video:
Conquistadors: "Battle of the Gods" (Discovery Channel)
(47 min., 2001, VC 4580)


Aztec Massacre video.

 

Old Busines

  • next time
 
 

Assignments

Read:
The Maya, Ch. 8, "Maya Life on the Eve of the Conquest," pp. 192-197
Read: The Maya, Ch. 10, "The Enduring Maya," pp. 230-242
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study
 

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