SOWK 2035 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Itzamna, Izapa, El Mirador
15 Apr 2020
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Mayan famous for making an oppressive sophisticated culture. Protomayan civilization, critical areas: pacific ocean coastal plains. Key site of protomayan civilization: izapa (began 1500 bce) Occupied for a long period of time starting at 1500 bce, During this time many stones were carved (monuments called stelae) paired with an altar (typical stela-altar complex) At the apogee, izapa had 8 groups of mounds, totaled to 80-130 mounds (included pyramids, sculpture plaza) Izapa site connective link of early olmecs and maya. Izapa monumental relief carvings, broken style, cluttered (different from olmecs who were orderly). Popol vuh: mythic historical narratives of the post classic kiche kingdom in guatemala. Written in early 1700s dominican friar francisco ximenez. Three deities reside in the celestial realm and called heart of. Three deities represented in three stones in a hearth. Four gods created living beings so they could have someone to pray and all to them.
