ANT100Y1 Lecture : lecture note

• School: UTSG
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT100Y1
• Professor: Boddy

Document Summary

Ancient high civs arch recognize, mesapotamia 3200 bc southern iraq, nile valley 300 bc, indus valley. 2500 bc border india and pakistan, north china 2000 bc, mesoamerica 1500 bc, south america 1500 bc. 6 areas recognize movement toward high level sate societies. Debate of logographic script or connected are they example rock casrvings, did they emerge from them or emerged for need for writing which sime say emerge due to different needs. Europe mix of alloys ifurther prodcutiion of copper tools, bronze objects hardened and spread throughout europe. Bronze can be poured in molds as well poured into cavity. Typified by astronomy example mesoamerica (maya) 365 day solar calendar (haab) articulates with. Tzolkin maya ceremonial calendar twenty 13 day periods is 260 days, eighteen cycles of 20 is 360 plus 5 unlucky days, combination working together led to sophistication. El caracol at chichen itza observatory for celestial events such as tracking of venus for refining calendar.