ANTH 1140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Maya Hero Twins, Star Wars, Minuscule 22
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Late classic period politics: battle of the superpowers. Used to think that all ajaws created equal. Ya-ajaw: vessel, he who is dependent upon (acknowledge the dominance of another city, pay taxes to them) Only two cities (tikal and calakmul) had kaloomte: kaloomte = something like emperor, more than an ajaw, more than even an ajaw of an ajaw. People of tikal called their city mutal. Middle of the southern maya lowlands (rolling limestone hills) Tikal settlement survey: dennis puleston: mission: find the common plebs, not just the necropolis. Found chultuns in front of people"s houses. Discovered that there was a wall and a moat (defensive structure) surrounding tikal. Sacbes join other citieswow: population: around 100,000. Biggest maya city during the classic period. Famous for codex-style pottery: red rims on bottom and top, covered in plaster (like codex, text on pottery as well, talks about the founding of the lineage of calakmul. Acropolis = 3x the size of tikal.