ANTH 346 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Chichen Itza, Soconusco, Plumbate
12 Dec 2019
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Lamanai occupied in belize right up until conquest. Refers to the postclassic as the decadent" maya which is fairly inaccurate according to modern archaeology. Can"t approach maya history like our histories as it"s cyclical and partially mythologized just really confusing. In the maya region (though this may have been the itzas, unclear) the toltecs were seen in a more negative light but generally especially in aztecs seen as the very best glorious". Because chronology is unclear there"s lots of different hypotheses about what"s happening, maybe invasion, may be a cosmopolitan city thus we see different styles and overlap of occupants. Representatives of battles between toltecs and maya at chichen itza in temple of the warriors. Chacmool: sacrificial altar for holding human hearts that looks like toltec warriors. People were thrown into the cenote was well as various nice objects many of which are in toltec style, may be in actuality may be imitations.
