SOWK 2035 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, Lake Texcoco
15 Apr 2020
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Mesoamerica: term used for part of mexico and neighbouring central america that had vast and impressive civilisation. Had urbanism and socio-political complexity. (characteristics) known for pyramids and temples, sacred calendar, hieroglyphic writing, gods and goddesses and also well-known large and organized markets. Farmers used raised fields (chinampa) to raise their crops. Central mexican highlands: formed by converging sierra madre occidental and. When converged together, enclosed a step desert where agriculture where almost impossible. Had cordillera volcanica, many volcanoes, covered in pine and oak forest. The valley of mexico is here and has a lake texcoco. Locust of an ancient civilization called zapotecs as well as monte alban. Both highlands and lowlands where agriculture was practiced had fertile soil from the volcanic eruption. Since mesoamerica lies almost wholly within the tropics, it has a pronounced wet and dry seasons. Some parts are very wet jungle, or dry and unproductive deserts.
