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Cortes' Route into Mexico
Cortes' Route into Mexico
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Week 15

 

Read:
 Mexico, "Epilogue," pp. 225-231
Read: Mexico, "Visiting Mexico," pp. 232-235
Read: The Maya,"Visiting the Maya Area," pp. 243-246
Review:
 Review for Final Exam, with emphasis on materials since the Midsemester Exam
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study

 

Cortez Attacking Tenochtitlan
Cortés attacking Tenochtitlán
 
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Tuesday 06 May 2008

Week 15 Day 29

nlt 03:53 Conquistadors: "Battle of the Gods"
(47 min., 2001, VC 4580)

 (slides)

  

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MAforum: Topic 11

Ancient Mayan Fabrics		  

Ancient Mayan fabrics from Copan, Honduras, and a recreation of Mayan women washing clothes in a river.
Ancient Maya women weaving and washing textiles. New analysis of fabric found in a royal Maya tomb (below) show that Maya cloth rivaled the quality of modern textiles. (Illustration by H. Tom Hall/NGS; photograph by Edgardo Sanabri, National Geographic images courtesy R. Sharer et al., Penn Museum's Early Copán Acropolis Program)

Ancient Maya Tomb Yields
"Amazing" Fabrics

National Geographic News (25 April 2008)

"Allan Maca, an archaeologist and Maya expert at Colgate University in New York called the discovery 'extraordinary' and a boon to Maya studies."

Read the article at <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080425-maya-fabric.html>

Related Sites:

course textiles site

Questions:

1. Why do you think "the discovery "extraordinary" and a boon to Maya studies?"

2. Why?

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REM: If you have any questions, you can post them on the MAforum
 
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 Friday evening, 9 May 2008, 11:59 p.m. CDT


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

Features of the Day

 

    Anth 3618 - 001
    Course Call # = 54991
    Quarter = 5 Spring
    Year = 08

 

nlt 03:53 video: Conquistadors: "Battle of the Gods" (Discovery Channel)
(47 min., 2001, VC 4580)

Cortez Attacking Tenochtitlan
Cortés attacking Tenochtitlán

 

or

*Catch up


or


*The Late Postclassic Period III: Mixtec (including 8-Deer, if not done earlier), as time permits

      • The Postclassic Stage -- (slides)

 

*time permitting
 

Old Business

  • tba
 

Assignments

Read:
 Mexico, "Epilogue," pp. 225-231
Read: Mexico, "Visiting Mexico," pp. 232-235
Read: The Maya,"Visiting the Maya Area," pp. 243-246
Review:
 Review for Final Exam, with emphasis on materials since the Midsemester Exam
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study
 

Notes

 
 
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Thursday 08 May 2008

Week 15 Day 30



 

Announcements

  • tba
 

Features of the Day

 

Comida Mexicana
at
Hacienda del Sol
319 East Superior St.
 (map)

Aztec woman blowing on maize.

An Aztec woman blowing on maize
before putting in the cooking put, so that it will not fear the fire.

Florentine Codex
late 16th century

Course WebPage on Aztec Feasts
 

Assignments

Read:
 Mexico, "Epilogue," pp. 225-231
Read: Mexico, "Visiting Mexico," pp. 232-235
Read: The Maya,"Visiting the Maya Area," pp. 243-246
Review:
 Review for Final Exam, with emphasis on materials since the Midsemester Exam
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study
 

Notes

 

 

 

Week 15 MAforum Topic:

Semester 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

Post your meaningful observations on the MAforum by 09 May 2006

Be sure to set your "Folder Selector" window to Week 15

Be sure to set your

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

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