ANT200Y1 Lecture 10: Lecture 10 - Mesoamerica continued + Ch. 14, Complex Society in South America
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Next monday (dec. 5), 6-7:30 pm, test and exam centre, 255 mccaul st. , room. Coverage: all lecture content and assigned textbook readings (including article) Highland mesoamerica: valley of mexico, teotihuac n (city-state, ca. 200 bc - ad 750: toltec empire (ca. Ad 650 - 1200: aztec empire (ca. Ad 1200 - 1521: site of teotihuac n (ca. 200 bc - ad 750: valley of mexico, ca. Very dry, no fresh water running in or out: massive urbanized city-state; 21 km ! (largest one we"ve seen so far in this course) Ad 200-600 150, 000+ inhabitants: significant urban planning and monumental architecture. Grids, quadrants, elite members living atop mound structures, craftsmen living in barrios Street of the dead (focal n-s axis, like yonge street) 500 workshops - obsidian, ceramics, precious stones, etc. People would have come from other places to work here. No protective walls like is mesopotamia and china. Pyramid of the sun and pyramid of the moon.
