Term Test 2

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Term Test 2

• Thu, April 7, 2005

• 310 - 400 pm, N134

Remain in hallway until papers are distributed
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Term Test 2

• 2nd term material only

• Fagan Chapters 2 - 14

• no aids allowed

• bring pen / pencils

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Term Test 2
short answer questions only

• choice 10 of 15

e.g., Oldowan industry Torralba Ambrona
horticulture Teotihuacan
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Simplified Time Chart of Hominid Biological
Cultural Development
(not to chronological scale)
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Primary Origins of Resource Production
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Ancient Complex Societies
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Friday, March 25, 2005
No tutorials (Good Friday)
Friday, April 8, 2005
No tutorials
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New World Complex Society
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Complex Society in Mesoamerica
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Chronology
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(No Transcript)
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Settlement System

• centralized territorial states

e.g., Teotihuacan

• independent city states

e.g., Maya
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Settlement System

• urbanized

e.g.,
Teotihuacan
Monte Alban
Tikal
Tenochtitlan
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Shared Characteristics

• intensive maize cultivation

• occupational specialization

• differential mortuary practices

• monumental architecture

e.g., pyramids
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Shared Characteristics

• writing

• religion time

• calendar

• ball game

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Topic 24
Complex Society in Lowland Mesoamerica
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Olmec
(Middle Pre-Classic)
South Gulf Coast
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Olmec

• ceremonial centres with earthen pyramids

• specialized arts crafts

• intensive agriculture

• distinctive art styles

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Maya
1000 BC AD 900
Maya Lowlands
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Pre-Classic Maya

• city-states?

• urbanized

• e.g., El Mirador

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Classic Maya
independent city-states
e.g., Tikal, Copan, Palenque, Bonampak
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Classic Maya

• intensive agriculture

• irrigation canals

• occupational specialization

• e.g., pottery

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Classic Maya

• social hierarchy

• differential mortuary practices

• monumental architecture

• pyramids, temples

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Classic Maya

• complex calendar

• writing hieroglyphics

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Maya decline after AD 900

• over-extension of rain forest eco-system?

• revolution?

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Post-Classic Maya

• Chichen Itza

• Mayapan