ANT201H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Mesa, Toltec Empire, Mayapan
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Topic 10: complex society in mesoamerica text chapter 13. Complex society in mesoamerica regional lowlands: rainforest + semiarid: south gulf coast, maya lowlands highland valleys & plateaus, valley of oaxaca, valley of mexico. Shared characterisics intensive maize culivaion occupaional specializaion urbanizaion rigid social hierarchy diferenial mortuary pracices ball game. Monumental architecture religion & ime calendar: 260 day scared calendar, 365 secular calendar, 52 year calendar round, long count. South gulf coast setlement system: poliical capitals supported by sizable outlying populaions setlement patern, ceremonial centres with specialized buildings, e. g. san lorenzo & la venta. March 16, 2016: colossal heads occupaional specializaion, intensive agriculture irrigaion (drainage, specialized arts & crats. Mortuary pracices: rich elite burials record keeping, hieroglyphic wriing. 1000 bc ad 250 chiefdoms? urbanized by 200 bc: e. g. el mirador. Maya lowlands and yucatan peninsula setlement system: independent city-states e. g. copan, tikal, palenque, uxmal setlement patern, urban centres ceremonial precincts surrounded by households of common people.
