ANTHRCUL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Teotihuacan, Social Stratification, State Religion

• School: U of M
• Department: Anthropology, Cultural
• Course: ANTHRCUL 101
• Professor: De Leon Jason

Document Summary

Hydraulic (wittfogel) allows one to supply to the masses: egypt + mesopotamia. Population/war/circumscription (carniero: mesoamerica, costal peru, multivariate theory. Ad 1-250 = teotihuacan state formation, temples (150k) Ad 650 teo political collapse, reduction to 40k. Aztecs revered teo as a place of the gods. Talud-tablero style (basically pyramids made with steps going all the way up) made of mud and stone. Pyramids are easier to make with a large base. Approximate 15. 5 degrees east of true north (teo cannon. Occupied the west edge of the city. 12 compounds with oaxaca people (from oaxaca 300 miles away) Military associations and vegetation and fruitful earth. Anonymous power system is what impresses/intimidates, nobody tried to show how cool they were, just spoke for itself. Nothing stays the same in states, the can, have, and will collapse. Power = ability to organize and control people, material, and territory.