ART H213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mesoamerican Chronology, Maya Civilization, Mesoamerica
12 Jul 2018
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January 5, 2015 mesoamerica - mexico today and some of central america. diverse region in terms of climate, etc. 2 early - primarily small village cultures along west coast, and on the gulf of mexico on east. 7000-1800 bce - before the common era formative (or pre-classic period), ca. 1800 bce - 150 ce [common era] classic period, ca. 150 - roman empire period post-classic period, ca. 3d round [realm] gets popular in 20th century with westerners maya, classic period - stone, in certain ways not naturalistic, at legs, 2d. low relief sculpture, At. chiselled out negative space. interested in line and contour line, lines need to be elegant and subtly curved, contour around pro le of face. preferred by westerners earlier. villiage cultures. Tlatilco, central mexico, early formative site in down excavated in 1936 found burial pits that were used for storage and sacri ce. double headed gure, ca.
