• Question: "What do I already know about Ancient Middle America?"

• Overview of course WorldWide Web HomePage / syllabus

• Introduction to Anthropology and Middle American Prehistoric Cultures

• The Nature of Anthropology

  The main characteristics of anthropology include:

• Videotape: Sentinels of Silence
  (19 min., UMD No. VC 1611)
  

• Videotape: Mexican Prehistoric Cultures
  

• Rural-Urban Patterns in Central Highland Mexico I: Introduction
  

Rural-Urban Patterns in Central Highland Mexico III

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, The Maya, Ch.2, "The Earliest Maya," pp. 29-32

Discussion of optional extra credit (Pick topic. . . .)

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, Mexico, Ch. 3, "The Archaic Period," pp. 28-40

END OF SECOND WEEK -- LAST DAY TO CHANGE GRADING OPTION OR TO CANCEL AND NOT HAVE IT RECORDED ON YOUR TRANSCRIPT. NO CURRENT QUARTER REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE. LAST DAY TO ADD CLASSES.

Incipient Agriculturalists I

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, Mexico, Ch. 4, "The Preclassic Period: Early Villagers," pp. 41-58

Mesoamerica Identifies Itself: The Preclassic Period I

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, Mexico,, Ch. 5, "The Preclassic Period: Early Civilizations," pp. 74-88

The Preclassic Period II: Olmec and Epi-Olmec (including Cuello)

Film: Excavations at La Venta
(29 min., UMD No. M 330)

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, The Maya,, Ch. 3, "The Rise of the Maya Civilization," pp. 45-54

Catch up

Review

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Reading Assignment:

Review Materials for Midquarter Exam

Discussion of optional extra credit paper (in-class outline)

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, Mexico, Ch. 6, "The Classic Period," pp. 106-127

END OF FIFTH WEEK: PEOPLE WORKING ON EXTRA CREDIT PAPERS SHOULD HAVE PICKED A TOPIC BY NOW.

Return Midquarter Exams

The Classic Period I: Introduction to the Classic Period

Introduction to Teotihaucán

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, The Maya, Ch. 4, "Classic Splendor: The Early Period," pp. 71-78

The Classic Period II: Teotihaucán (cont.)

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, The Maya, Ch. 4, "Classic Splendor: the Early Period," pp. 78-90

The Classic Period III: Xochicalco

Monte Albán (Introduction)

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, The Maya, Ch. 5, "Classic Splendor: the Late Period," pp. 91-108 [Tikal]

END OF SIXTH WEEK: -- UMD DOES NOT PERMIT CANCELLATION OF COURSES AFTER THIS DATE.

The Classic Period IV

Videotape: The Sweat of the Sun
(52 min.; Tribal Eye Series #4; UMD No. VC 169)

Maya: General characteristics of Classic Maya

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, The Maya, Ch. 5, "Classic Splendor: the Late Period," pp. 108-126

The Classic Period V

Videotape: Maya Lords of the Jungle
(59 min.; UMD No. VC 212)

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, The Maya, Ch. 6, "The Terminal," pp. 127- 139

The Classic Period VI: Copán

Videotape: Copán
(15 min.; UMD No. VC 814)

Videotape: The Fall of the Maya
(23 min.; UMD No. VC 2322)

Tikal (Introduction)

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, Mexico, Ch. 7, "The Post-Classic Period: the Toltec State," pp. 129-147

END OF SEVENTH WEEK -- PEOPLE WORKING ON EXTRA CREDIT PAPERS SHOULD HAVE SUBMITTED PROJECT STATEMENT AND BIBLIOGRAPHY BY NOW.

The Classic Period VII: Tikal (cont.)

Videotape:Lost Kingdoms of the Maya
(60 min., UMD No. VC No. 2163, 1993)

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, Mexico, Ch. 8, "The Post-Classic Period: Rival States," pp. 149-161

The Classic Period VIII: Palenque

Quick glimpse of the Bonampak Murals

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, The Maya, Ch. 7, "The Post-Classic," pp. 140-155

Early Postclassic Developments I: Tula

Puebla / Cholula

Time permitting: Mitla [ Mixtec]

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, The Maya, Ch. 7, "The Post-Classic," pp. 155-165

END OF EIGHTH WEEK: COMPLETE A CLOSE-TO-FINAL DRAFT OF YOUR EXTRA CREDIT PAPER AND HAND IT IN BY THIS DATE IF YOU WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISE IT FOR A HIGHER SCORE. FROM NOW THROUGH WEEK TEN, WORK ON REVISING YOUR PAPER.

Early Postclassic Developments II: Chichín Itzá

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, Mexico, Ch. 9, "The Aztecs in 1519," pp. 163-177

Early Postclassic Developments III: El Tajín

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, Mexico, Ch. 9, "The Aztecs in 1519," pp. 177-195, 204

Discussion of final examination

The Late Postclassic Period I: Mexica (Aztecs)

Audiotape:The Tragedy of Mochtezuma
(27 min., The Roots of America Series; UMD No. PC 350, Sound Recording)

Audiotape: Mexica Music ("Danza a Centeotl" from Los Cuatro Soles, and "Xochipilli," by Carlos Chavez)

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, The Maya, Ch. 8, "Maya Life on the Eve of the Conquest," pp. 166-171

The Late Postclassic Period II:

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, The Maya, Ch. 10, "The Enduring Maya," pp. 202-212

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

Catch Up

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Reading Assignment:

Read Coe, Mexico, "Epilogue," pp. 196-203

Course Evaluation

Mesoamerica in Retrospect

Film: Appeals to Santiago
(28 min., UMD No. M 316)

The Late Postclassic Period V: Brief Overview of the Northern Yucat%aacute;n Puuc sites and / or Tulum (time permitting)

Brief Overview of Postclassic Tarascans [western Mexico] (time permitting)

Comments on Mesoamerica and Its Neighbors (time permitting)

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Reading Assignment:

Review, with emphasis on materials since the midquarter exam.

EXTRA CREDIT PAPERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE.
TURN IN TWO COPIES, AND ALL OF YOUR DRAFTS.
NO EXTRA CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN WITHOUT DRAFTS.

All extra credit papers must be word-processed or typed.

See "Extra Credit Options, Handing in Extra Credit Papers" for instructions.

Final examination:

Choice of 6 of 12 or more questions. Each question counts 10% of the final grade.

The final exam will cover materials from the entire quarter, i.e. it will be cumulative, but with emphasis on the materials covered since the midquarter exam. Focus on the textbooks, in-class videos / movies, and lectures.

Any extra materials that you may have received from me on E-mail are not included on the exam.

Please see me if you need to make other arrangements for your final exam.

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Reading Assignment:

Review, with emphasis on materials since the midquarter exam.

Pick up extra credit papers and results of final exam (215 Cina)