ANT201H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: El Mirador, Uxmal, Teotihuacan
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Ant201 topic 10: complex society in mesoamerica: geographic regions. Lowlands: rainforest + semiarid (water is rare: south gulf coast, valley of mexico. Highland valleys and plateaus (in mexico: valley of oaxaca, mayan lowlands, shared characteristics intensive maize cultivation, few animals like dogs, ducks, turkey, maize is standard + beans and squash. Do not have great alluvial rivers: had to develop sophisticated raised fields that produce several crops per year, chinampa floating fields using willow trees as anchors. Occupational specialization: ceramic pottery became very well developed in all styles and different areas rigid social hierarchy god kings. Ball game had secular and sacred connotations losing team may be executed. General chronology (maya only) 1000 bc ad 1517. Chiefdoms 1,200 bc - ad 250 (pre-classic: olmec (early-middle pre-classic) 1200 - 300 bc, south gulf coast, chiefdoms, settlement system, political capital supported by sizable outlying populations, settlement pattern, ceremonial centres with specialized buildings, e. g.
