REL S 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Echinopsis Pachanoi, Chinchorro Mummies, Headhunting
Document Summary
Evidence of religion: ceremonial centers, olmec heads up to 10 t tall, 20 tons, transported by dragging, rolling on logs, 1000/workers per head. Mysterious decline of olmecs ceremonial centers destroyed, no evidence of warfare: mayan religion: Human sacriices follow ater removal of ingers, piercing to allow blood low. Management of calendar priests: the maya ball game: Ritual form of ball game with high-ranking capives, pow contestants. Bloodleing ritual for the gods: the mexica azetc. One of several groups of migrants, mid 13th century. Dredged soil from lake botom to create ferile plots of land. Joined with texcoco and tlacopah to create aztec empire. Land grands, food privileges, sumptuary privileges, personal adornment. Priests masters of complex agricultural/ritual calendars, ritual funcions, read omens, advised rulers, became rulers. Tezcatlipoca (smoking mirror) powerful god of life and death; patron of warriors. Huitzilopochtli 14th century popularity; patron of aztec; emphasis on blood sacriices: people and socieies of the north: pueblo and navajo socieies.
