Ancient Cultures of Middle America -- University of Minnesota Duluth

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Martha, the last passenger pigeon in the world, d. 1914, "alone in captivity in a cage at the Cincinnati Zoo"

Week 01 Day 01

Week 01 Day 02

U.S.A Labor Day
Holiday

Buddy Holly's
Birthday

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Week 1 — Ancient Middle America: Introduction and Orientation

Welcome Memo
Week 1 Memo
Week 1 Checking In

A note on the slide formats: Since at this point we do not know what software you are using on your computer, we offer the slides in two formats. We recommend you first try "(.pdf)" , the “Portable Document Format” that is the open standard for document exchange. If you have problems with that format, please try "(.pptx)" , Office PowerPoint 2007. It is unlikely that you will have problems with both of them, but if you do, please let us know: troufs@d.umn.edu . When the materials are on your screen they should be running as a slide show. If you want or need to upgrade your software, you can download the latest PowerPoint viewer free, as well as download the latest Adobe .pdf Reader free.

Thanks—Tim Roufs

First-Day Handout
(syllabus)

Orientation
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free)
[see note on slide formats]

Introduction
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free)
[see note on slide formats]

Meet Your Professor
(WebPage)
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free) (Download Adobe .pdf Reader Free)
[see note on slide formats]

handout: Anthropology and Its Parts

Main Characteristics of Anthropology
slides: (.pptx)

(NOTE: This is a long slide set as it covers some very important background information that will be referred to often as we go through the semester. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. There is no video presentation scheduled for this and next week as the base slide sets tend to be a little longer than "normal.")
- the four fields of general anthropology
- culture as a primary concept
- comparative method as major approach
- holism as a primary theoretical goal
- fieldwork as a primary research technique

WebPage Summary
"Anthropology and . . . It's Parts" chart

"Other Important Terms"
slides: (.pptx)
Units of Analysis
slides: (.pptx)
Three Major Perennial Debates
slides: (.pptx)

[see note on slide formats] (NOTE: This is a long slide set as it covers more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. There is no video presentation scheduled for this and next week as the base slide sets tend to be a little longer than "normal.")

Day 01 Tuesday, 4 September 2012 nlt 11:56

video:
Woman of Chamula
(14 min., 1969, VC 128)

streaming video
course viewing guide

Maya woman at the Market.

handout:
map: - Major Political Divisions

handout:
map: Major Archaeological Sites

Day 02 Thursday, 6 September 2012 nlt 11:52

video:
Sentinels of Silence
(19 min., 1990, VC 1611)

film HomePage
course viewing guide

map

Tikal.

Finding Information on Ancient Cultures of Middle America
slides: (.pdf) (.pptx)
(Download PowerPoint Viewer Free) (Download Adobe .pdf Reader Free)
[see note on slide formats]

For Week 1 Activities see

readings:

Mexico
"Preface," pp. 7-8

Mexico
Ch. 1, "Introduction," pp. 9-17

Look over Mexico, "Further Readings," pp. 238-242

readings:

Mexico
Ch. 2, "Early Hunters," pp. 18-25

Look over Mexico, "Chronological Table" on p. 236

For Week 1 Activities see

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September 2012

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Week 02 Day 03

Week 02 Day 04

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Anth 3618 Ancient Middle America

Week 2 — Mesoamerica: The Area and Its People

Week 2 Memo

tba, Brief Presentation by MPIRG Duluth

handout:
Major Archaeological Periods (Timeline)

Have a look at . . .

Points for Forum Posts and Project Updates
and
compare these points with official UMD Grading Policies

Forums, Sample Answers / Responses w / Grades
Anth 3618 Ancient Middle America Forum Response Samples
Anth 3635 Peoples and Cultures of Europe Forum Response Samples

and if you have any questions about the points
or about grading in general . . . ask

Orientation to Anthropology and to Mesoamerica
(cont.)

Main Characteristics of Anthropology
slides: (.pptx)

(NOTE: This is a long slide set as it covers some very important background information that will be referred to often as we go through the semester. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. There is no video presentation scheduled for this and next week as the base slide sets tend to be a little longer than "normal.")
- the four fields of general anthropology
- culture as a primary concept
- comparative method as major approach
- holism as a primary theoretical goal
- fieldwork as a primary research technique

WebPage Summary
"Anthropology and . . . It's Parts" chart

"Other Important Terms"
slides: (.pptx)
Units of Analysis
slides: (.pptx)
Three Major Perennial Debates
slides: (.pptx)

[see note on slide formats] (NOTE: This is a long slide set as it covers more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. There is no video presentation scheduled for this and next week as the base slide sets tend to be a little longer than "normal.")

Ethnographic Analogy:
Rural-Urban Patterns in Central Highland Mexico
(introduction, as time permits)

	—		Compound of the Nine Brothers, Nuevo Leon slides (.pdf) (.pptx) (Detailed Nuevo Leon map)
	—		San Luis Potosi, SLP slides (.pdf) (.pptx) (Detailed San Luis Potosi map)
	—		Central Highland Mexico: Tepeapulco, Hidalgo slides (.pdf) (.pptx) (Detailed Hidalgo map)
	—		Rural Village Patterns in the state of Hidalgo slides (.pdf) (.pptx) (Detailed Hidalgo map)

a brief note on How to Study for Exams

Day 04 Thursday, 13 September 2012 nlt 11:10

video:
"The Fifth World of the Aztecs"
(60 min., 1997, UM Duluth Library Multimedia (F1430 .S65 2006 DVD), VC 3403-4)

film HomePage
course viewing guide

Aztec legendary eagle

Please note that not all of the materials on your Moodle screen are required.

Students in the past have commented that there is TOO MUCH INFORMATION available on the class and supporting WebSites. Yes, there is a lot of information, no doubt about it, and it can be confusing at first. It’s helpful when starting out to remember that the required information for the course is contained in the middle panel of your HomePage. The information in the sidebars and many of the links are just there should you find those interesting and/or helpful.

Your Gradebook information will be handy, and that will be found in the upper lefthand corner of Block 1 . . .

Screenshot of Moodle Main and Side Panels

If you want you can minimize a sidebar section by clicking on the small tab as indicated below . . .

Screenshot of Moodle Main and Side Panels

readings:

The Maya
"Preface, pp. 7-10

The Maya
"Introduction," pp. 10-26

Text, The Maya, 8th Edition, Michael D. Coe.

readings:

The Maya
"Introduction," pp. 26-40

Look over The Maya, "Further Readings," pp. 249-253

Text, The Maya, 8th Edition, Michael D. Coe.

For Week 2 Activities see

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September 2012

film HomePage
course viewing guide

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Week 03 Day 05

Week 03 Day 06

Rosh Hashana begins at sunset September 16, 2012 - nightfall September 18, 2012

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Anth 3618 Ancient Middle America

Week 3 — Who Were the First Americans?

Week 3 Memo

13 March 2006

Assignment Review:
Case Study

slides:
Coming to America

Week 3 Day 5, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 nlt 11:10

video:
Scientific American Frontiers: "Coming into America," Alan Alda
(60 min., 2004, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia E99.C832 C66 2004 DVD)

Coming into America DVD.

slides:
Major features of natural areas

Week 3 Day 6, Thursday, 20 September 2012 nlt 11:13

video:
The Search for Ancient Americans
(57 min., 1988, CC, VC 1299)

film HomePage
course viewing guide

Search for Ancient America tape.

slides:
Coming to America

Mesoamerican Stages
(Periods)

stages handout
(as defined by various authors)

(read from bottom to top)

Spanish Conquest

IV.

Postclassic

(slides: Postclassic.pptx)

III.

Classic

(slides: Classic.pptx)

II.

Preclassic

Mesoamerica Identifies Itself

(slides: Preclassici_Intro.pptx )
(slides: Preclassic_Middle.pptx )
(slides: Preclassic_Late.pptx)

Archaic, or Incipient Agriculturalists

(slides: Archaic.pptx)

		Sites:
		Tepexpan (map) (slides: Tepexpan.ppt)
		Tehuacán (handout) (map) (slides: Tehuacan.ppt)
		Cuello (map) (slides: Cuello.ppt)

Lithic, or Early Hunters Stage

(slides: Lithic.pptx)

For Week 3 Activities see

readings:

Mexico
Ch. 3, "The Archaic Period," pp. 26-38

readings:

The Maya
Ch. 2, "The Earliest Maya," pp. 40-59

Text, The Maya, 8th Edition, Michael D. Coe.

For Week 3 Activities see

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September 2012

European Day of Languages

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Monday

Tuesday

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Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Week 04 Day 07

Week 04 Day 08

Yom Kippur begins at sundown

Ask a stupid question day

Michaelmas
Eat no blackberries after this day. . .--The Writer's Almanac

International Coffee Day

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Anth 3618 Ancient Middle America

Week 4 — American Archaeology

Week 4 Memo

Basic Terms and Concepts in American Archaeology
(introduction, time permitting)

review handout:
Archaeological stages (periods)

Week 4 Day 08 Thursday, 27 September 2012 nlt 11:10

video:
Search for the Lost Cave People
(60 min., 1998, VC 3339)

film HomePage
course viewing guide

Search for the Lost Cave People video.

For Week 4 Activities see

readings:

Mexico
Ch. 4, "The Preclassic Period: Early Villagers," pp. 39-58

readings:

Mexico
Ch. 5, "The Preclassic Period: Early Civilizations," pp. 59-76

For Week 4 Activities see

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October 2012

course viewing guide

Cabeza Colosal nº1 del Museo Xalapa, San Lorenzo (Wikipedia)

Sunday

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Thursday

Friday

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Week 05 Day 09

Week 05 Day 10

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s2019 Wiki questions for the Midterm Exam are due by the end of Week 5, Saturday, 16 February 2019

s2019 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal for your Case Study (up to 20 points)
due by the end of Week 7, Saturday, 2 March 2019.

The informal statement can be very straightforward. It's a simple statement of . . .

"Here's what I'm interested in doing. . . .

Here's why I'm interested in that. . . .

Here's what I think will be useful for that project. . . .

This means that you should include three or four references to materials and activities (such as interviewing someone . . .) that you think would be helpful to your in working on your project. (No, you do not have to do an interview, that's just one possibility.)

If you include a reference to a source on the web, be sure to give its full reference (not just the URL). For a web page your full reference should look something like this (include as much of this material as is available for the site[s] you are looking at):

For this assignment you may turn in the sources information any way you like -- except that if you are using a web site include the name of the web site (and author, if it has an author) in addition to the URL. (That is, do not just cite the URL.)

Roufs, Timothy G. and Kathleen Smyth Roufs. Sweet Treats. accessed 8 February 2019. http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/SweetTreats.html#title.

For the "Promissory Abstract" and "Working Bibliography" (that are due in two weeks) and for the Case Study itself (due at the end of the semester) you need to use APA or MLA or Turabian/Chicago Style or a standard scientific method. Which of those you use is up to you.

What do you think?"

Or, it can be something like . . .

"I'm thinking about doing a project on X or Y, but can't make up my mind.

Here's what I'm interested in, and why. . . .

Here are some things that look like they might be useful for the project. . . .

This means that you should include three or four references to materials and activities (such as interviewing someone . . .) that you think would be helpful to your in working on your project. (No, you do not have to do an interview, that's just one possibility.)

If you include a reference to a source on the web, be sure to give its full reference (not just the URL). For a web page your full reference should look something like this (include as much of this material as is available for the site[s] you are looking at):

Roufs, Timothy G. and Kathleen Smyth Roufs. Sweet Treats. accessed 8 February 2019. http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/SweetTreats.html#title.

What do you think?"

A more formal statement (a "Promissory Abstract") of what you eventually decide upon isn't due for another two weeks.

Anth 3618 Ancient Middle America

Week 5 —Preclassic Period: Mesoamerica Identifies Itself

Week 5 Memo

Week 5 Day 09 Tuesday, 2 October 2012 nlt 11:41

video:
Excavations at La Venta
(29 min., VC 3284)

Week 5 Day 10 Tuesday, 4 October 2012 nlt 11:20

video:
Looking for One Beginning: The Fallacy of Diffusionism
(51 min., 2001, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC100 .L66 2002 DVD)?

course viewing guide

Diffusion (anthropology) -- Wikipedia

Kon-Tiki

Preclassic

Mesoamerican Stages
(Periods)

stages handout
(as defined by various authors)

(read from bottom to top)

Spanish Conquest

IV.

Postclassic

(slides: Postclassic.pptx)

III.

Classic

(slides: Classic.pptx)

II.

Preclassic

Mesoamerica Identifies Itself

(slides: Preclassic_Intro.pptx )
	(slides: Preclassic_Late.pptx)
	(slides: Preclassic_Middle.pptx )
	(slides: Preclassic_Early.pptx)

Archaic, or Incipient Agriculturalists

(slides: Archaic.pptx)

		Sites:
		Tepexpan (map) (slides: Tepexpan.ppt)
		Tehuacán (handout) (map) (slides: Tehuacan.ppt)
		Cuello (map) (slides: Cuello.ppt)

Lithic, or Early Hunters Stage

(slides: Lithic.pptx)

For Week 5 Activities see

readings:

Mexico
Mexico, Ch. 5, "The Preclassic Period: Early Civilizations," (cont.) pp. 76-100

Review for Midsemester Exam

s2019 Wiki questions for the Midterm Exam are due by the end of Week 5, Saturday, 16 February 2019

s2019 Informal Project Statement, or Project Proposal for your Case Study (up to 20 points)
due by the end of Week 7, Saturday, 2 March 2019.

The informal statement can be very straightforward. It's a simple statement of . . .

"Here's what I'm interested in doing. . . .

Here's why I'm interested in that. . . .

Here's what I think will be useful for that project. . . .

This means that you should include three or four references to materials and activities (such as interviewing someone . . .) that you think would be helpful to your in working on your project. (No, you do not have to do an interview, that's just one possibility.)

If you include a reference to a source on the web, be sure to give its full reference (not just the URL). For a web page your full reference should look something like this (include as much of this material as is available for the site[s] you are looking at):

For this assignment you may turn in the sources information any way you like -- except that if you are using a web site include the name of the web site (and author, if it has an author) in addition to the URL. (That is, do not just cite the URL.)

Roufs, Timothy G. and Kathleen Smyth Roufs. Sweet Treats. accessed 8 February 2019. http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/SweetTreats.html#title.

For the "Promissory Abstract" and "Working Bibliography" (that are due in two weeks) and for the Case Study itself (due at the end of the semester) you need to use APA or MLA or Turabian/Chicago Style or a standard scientific method. Which of those you use is up to you.

What do you think?"

Or, it can be something like . . .

"I'm thinking about doing a project on X or Y, but can't make up my mind.

Here's what I'm interested in, and why. . . .

Here are some things that look like they might be useful for the project. . . .

This means that you should include three or four references to materials and activities (such as interviewing someone . . .) that you think would be helpful to your in working on your project. (No, you do not have to do an interview, that's just one possibility.)

If you include a reference to a source on the web, be sure to give its full reference (not just the URL). For a web page your full reference should look something like this (include as much of this material as is available for the site[s] you are looking at):

Roufs, Timothy G. and Kathleen Smyth Roufs. Sweet Treats. accessed 8 February 2019. http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anthfood/SweetTreats.html#title.

What do you think?"

A more formal statement (a "Promissory Abstract") of what you eventually decide upon isn't due for another two weeks.

For Week 5 Activities see

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October 2012

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Week 06 Day 11

Week 06 Day 12

Thanksgiving (Canada)

World Food Day

Food Day Canada
is in August on the Saturday of Civic Holiday Weekend (the first Monday of August)

Food Day U.S.A
is 24 October

Charles Darwin, 1881, published "what he considered to be his most important book": The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms. . . .

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The Live Chat for the Ancient Middle America Midterm Exam will be Monday, 25 February 2019, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on

The s2019 Ancient Middle America Midterm Exam will be Tuesday, 26 February 2019

REM: Bring your Laptop

Laptop

Anth 3618 Ancient Middle America

Week 6 — Preclassic Period
Catch up / Review / Preview
Midterm Exam

Image of a blue book.

Week 6 Memo
Memo: Wiki Study Questions / Live Chat / Midterm Exam

catch up / review / preview

Preclassic

Mesoamerican Stages
(Periods)

stages handout
(as defined by various authors)

(read from bottom to top)

Spanish Conquest

IV.

Postclassic

(slides: Postclassic.pptx)

III.

Classic

(slides: Classic.pptx)

II.

Preclassic

Mesoamerica Identifies Itself

(slides: Preclassic_Intro.pptx )
	(slides: Preclassic_Late.pptx)
	(slides: Preclassic_Middle.pptx )
	(slides: Preclassic_Early.pptx)

Archaic, or Incipient Agriculturalists

(slides: Archaic.pptx)

		Sites:
		Tepexpan (map) (slides: Tepexpan.ppt)
		Tehuacán (handout) (map) (slides: Tehuacan.ppt)
		Cuello (map) (slides: Cuello.ppt)

Lithic, or Early Hunters Stage

(slides: Lithic.pptx)

Cabeza Colosal nº1 del Museo Xalapa, San Lorenzo (Wikipedia)

For Week 6 Activities see

assignment:
Review for Midsemester Exam

Thursday: Midterm Exam 1

The s2019 Ancient Middle America Midterm Exam will be Tuesday, 26 February 2019

REM: Bring your Laptop

The Live Chat for the Ancient Middle America Midterm Exam will be Monday, 25 February 2019, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sign in on

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Midterm Exam information
is available at
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/maexams.html#midsemester>

Click on the various items for details

Review the materials

in your text

in your class notes
and
on the video viewing guides
Useful Information:

UMD Study Strategies

Test Taking Strategies

Learning Styles

Listening Skills

Taking Notes from Lectures

Special Facilities / Arrangements

Text Assignments Summary for Weeks 08 - 15

Basic Information about the texts

Writing Essays for Exams

(Purdue University Online Writing Lab)

Sample Exam Questions

extra help with exams

For Week 6 Activities see

readings:

after exam . . .

The Maya
Ch. 3, "The Rise of the Maya Civilization," pp. 60-89

Text, The Maya, 8th Edition, Michael D. Coe.

For Week 6 Activities see

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October 2012

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Week 07 Day 13

Week 07 Day 14

World Food Day

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World Food Day, 16 October 2012

Week 7 — The Classic Period

Week 7 Memo

Review Midterm Exams
Grades and Grading
"The Strike Zone"
"Grading Gymnastics . . ."

It's always a good idea to review the OWL's advice before every exam:

Writing Essays for Exams

Basic Terms and Concepts in American Archaeology
[stages]

review handout:
Archaeological stages
(periods)

(handout)

Classic

Mesoamerican Stages
(Periods)

stages handout
(as defined by various authors)

(read from bottom to top)

Spanish Conquest

IV.

Postclassic

(slides: Postclassic.pptx)

III.

Classic

(slides: Classic.pptx)

(chart : Classic_Terminal)
(chart: Classic_Late)
(chart: Classic_Early)

II.

Preclassic

Mesoamerica Identifies Itself

(slides: Preclassici_Intro.pptx )

(slides: Preclassic_Late.pptx)
(slides: Preclassic_Middle.pptx )
(slides: Preclassic_Early.pptx)

Archaic, or Incipient Agriculturalists

(slides: Archaic.pptx)

		Sites:
		Tepexpan (map) (slides: Tepexpan.ppt)
		Tehuacán (handout) (map) (slides: Tehuacan.ppt)
		Cuello (map) (slides: Cuello.ppt)

Lithic, or Early Hunters Stage

(slides: Lithic.pptx)

Middle American Classic Sites
(slides: Classic.pptx)

A.D.
925
�
800

Terminal Classic

Classic Maya collapse,
Putún ascendancy

Puuc , Maya

Chichén Itzá

A.D.
900
�
600

Late Classic

Bonampak murals

height of Maya civilization

reign of Pacal at Palenque

"Totonac"?

El Tajín

Zapotec

Xochicalco

Edzna

Cholula

Bonampak

Monte Albán IV

Monte Albán III-B

Palenque

Uxmal

El Tajín
(Veracruz)

Remojadas
(Veracruz)

Puuc

ca .
A.D.
700
-
650

Fall of Teotihuacán

A.D.
600
�
150 / 250

Early Classic

height of Teotihuacán domination and influence

Teotihuacános

Teotihuacán III

Maya

Copán
(Yax K'uk Mo')

Tikal
(Petén)

Uaxactún
(Petén)

Monte Albán IIIb

Kaminal- juyú
(highland)
Esperanza phase

Teotihuacán
WebPage
(slides)

Day 14 Thursday, 18 October 2012 nlt 11:43

video:
Teotihuacán: The City of the Gods
(27 min., 2002, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1219.1.T27 .T44 2001 DVD)

film HomePage
course viewing guide

Carving of Quetzal.coat.
Quetzalcoatl

For Week 7 Activities see

readings:

Mexico
Ch. 6, "The Classic Period," pp. 101-121
[Teotihuacán]

readings:

The Maya
Ch. 9, "Maya Thought and Culture," pp. 218-249

Text, The Maya, 8th Edition, Michael D. Coe.

For Week 7 Activities see

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October 2012

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Week 08 Day 15

Week 08 Day 16

4004 B.C., 9:00 a.m.,
World Created

Happy Birthday World!

Food Day U.S.A.

World Food Day
was 8 October

Food Day Canada
is in August on the Saturday of Civic Holiday Weekend (the first Monday of August)

Eid al-Adha

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Anth 3618 Ancient Middle America

Week 8 — Classic Period Life

Week 8 Memo

Middle American Classic Sites
(slides: Classic.pptx)

A.D.
925
�
800

Terminal Classic

Classic Maya collapse,
Putún ascendancy

Puuc , Maya

Chichén Itzá

A.D.
900
�
600

Late Classic

Bonampak murals

height of Maya civilization

reign of Pacal at Palenque

"Totonac"?

El Tajín

Zapotec

Xochicalco

Edzna

Cholula

Bonampak

Monte Albán IV

Monte Albán III-B

Palenque

Uxmal

El Tajín
(Veracruz)

Remojadas
(Veracruz)

Puuc

ca .
A.D.
700
-
650

Fall of Teotihuacán

A.D.
600
�
150 / 250

Early Classic

height of Teotihuacán domination and influence

Teotihuacános

Teotihuacán III

Maya

Copán
(Yax K'uk Mo')

Tikal
(Petén)

Uaxactún
(Petén)

Monte Albán IIIb

Kaminal- juyú
(highland)
Esperanza phase

Week 8 Day 16 Thursday, 25 October 2012 nlt 11:10

video:
episode 2 of the Spirits of the Jaguar series

"Forests of the Maya"

(60 min., 1997, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1430 .S65 2006 DVD)

"The Fifth World of the Aztecs"
that we saw Week 02 is another episode in the series

course viewing guide

The trunk of a Ceiba tree>
Wikipedia

For Week 8 Activities see

readings:

Mexico
Ch. 6, "The Classic Period," pp. 121-131

readings:

The Maya
Ch. 4, "Classic Splendor: The Early Period," pp. 89-99

Have a look at The Maya, "Dynastic Rulers of Classic Maya Cities," pp. 267-268

Text, The Maya, 8th Edition, Michael D. Coe.

For Week 8 Activities see

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October - November 2012

set clock
back 1 hour E.U.

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Week 09 Day 17

Week 09 Day 18

Haloween

Samhain,
and Neopagan new year

Day of the Dead,
Día de los Muertos
-- Mexico

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film HomePage
viewing guide

Week 9 — Classic Period Mathematics, Science, and Writing

Week 9 Memo

Day 17 Tuesday, 30 October 2012 nlt 11:40

video:
Culture and Math: The Maya
(15/31 min., 2006, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435.3.M35 C85 2006 DVD)

film HomePage
course viewing guide

Maya Numerals
Wikipedia

slides:
Mesoamerican Mathematics

Day 18 Thursday, 1 November 2012 nlt 11:16

video:
Cracking the Maya Code
(54 min, 2008, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435.3.W75 C73 2008 DVD)

Maya glyphs in stucco at the Museo de sitio in Palenque, Mexico

For Week 9 Activities see

readings:

The Maya
Ch. 4, "Classic Splendor: the Early Period," pp. 99-115

Text, The Maya, 8th Edition, Michael D. Coe.

readings:

The Maya
Ch. 5, "Classic Splendor: the Late Period," pp. 115-131
[Tikal]

Text, The Maya, 8th Edition, Michael D. Coe.

For Week 9 Activities see

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November 2012

set clock
back 1 hour U.S.A.

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Week 10 Day 19

Week 10 Day 20

s2019 The MA Extra Credit due by the end of Week 13, by Saturday, 20 April 2019.
AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date. Why?

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Maya stelae of Copán, Honduras
Frederick Catherwood, 1839

Week 10 — The Classic Period: Economies and Empires

Week 10 Memo

Week 10 Day 19 Tuesday, 6 November 2012 nlt 11:10

video:
Maya Lords of the Jungle
(60 min., 1981, VC 212)

film HomePage
course viewing guide

Week 10 Day 20 Thursday, 8 November 2012 nlt 11:10

video:
Out of the Past: "Artisans and Traders"
(60 min., 1993, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 2)

film HomePage
course viewing guide

Copan Jade
Copán Jade
Honduras

For Week 10 Activities see

readings:

The Maya
Ch. 5, "Classic Splendor: the Late Period," pp. 131-160

Text, The Maya, 8th Edition, Michael D. Coe.

readings:

The Maya
Ch. 6, "The Terminal Classic," pp. 161-184

Text, The Maya, 8th Edition, Michael D. Coe.

Mexico
Ch. 7, "The Epiclassic Period," pp. 132-150

For Week 10 Activities see

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November 2012

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Week 11 Day 21

Week 11 Day 22

Veterans Day

Diwali, a religious holiday in India

Islamic New Year

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Week 11 — The Collapse

Week 11 Memo

Day 21 Tuesday, 13 November 2012 nlt 11:10

video:
Lost Kingdoms of the Maya
(60 min., 1993, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435 .L67 2009 DVD)

film HomePage

course viewing guide

Day 22 Thursday, 15 November 2012 nlt 11:10

video:
Out of the past: "The Collapse"
(60 min., 1993, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 4)
watch online

film HomePage

course viewing guide

Collapse video header.

Map of the
Mayan World
-- NOVA

For Week 11 Activities see

readings:

Mexico
Ch. 8, "The Post-Classic Period: the Toltec State," pp. 151-174

readings:

Mexico
Ch. 9, "The Post-Classic Period: Rival States," pp. 175-189

For Week 11 Activities see

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November 2012

*Female/male shopping patterns may have prehistoric roots

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

International Education Week -- 12-16 November 2012
join IEWNet -- IEW Quiz

Week 12 Day 23

U.S.A. Holiday
Thanksgiving

1922
Howard Carter enters the tomb of Tutankhamun

World Buy* Nothing Day
[postcards]

Week 12 Day 24

Week 13 Day 25

Jonathan Swift
"A Modest Proposal" (1729)
[analysis -- Wikipedia]

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Week 12 — The Postclassic Period

Week 12 Memo

handout:
Postclassic

stages handout

(slides: Postclassic.pptx)

Mesoamerican Stages
(Periods)

stages handout
(as defined by various authors)

(read from bottom to top)

Spanish Conquest

IV.

Postclassic

(slides: Postclassic.pptx)

III.

Classic

(slides: Classic.pptx)

II.

Preclassic

Mesoamerica Identifies Itself

(slides: Preclassici_Intro.pptx )
(slides: Preclassic_Middle.pptx )
(slides: Preclassic_Late.pptx)

Archaic, or Incipient Agriculturalists

(slides: Archaic.pptx)

		Sites:
		Tepexpan (map) (slides: Tepexpan.ppt)
		Tehuacán (handout) (map) (slides: Tehuacan.ppt)
		Cuello (map) (slides: Cuello.ppt)

Lithic, or Early Hunters Stage

(slides: Lithic.pptx)

Day 24 Tuesday, 27 November 2012 nlt 11:10

(after Thanksgiving)

video:

[clean DVD disk]

Out of the Past: "New Worlds"
(60 min., 1993, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 1)
watch online

film HomePage

course viewing guide
view on-line at www.learner.org/
(registration required, but is free)

Tenochtitlán

Also in the Out of the Past series:

"Artisans and Traders"
(60 min., 1993, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 2)
watch online

"The Collapse"
(60 min., 1993, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 4)
watch online

Macchu Picchu
(Across the Divide Expeditions)

For Week 12 Activities see

readings:

The Maya
Ch. 7, "The Post-Classic," pp. 185-211

Text, The Maya, 8th Edition, Michael D. Coe.

For Week 12 Activities see

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November 2012

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Week 12 Day 24

Week 13 Day 25

Jonathan Swift
"A Modest Proposal" (1729)
[analysis -- Wikipedia]

December 2012

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Week 13 Day 26

Week 14 Day 27

St. Nicholas Day

Chanukah
December 8 to sunset, December 16, 2012

s2019 The MA Case Study is due no later than the end of Week 13, Saturday, 20 April 2019

AVISO: Late Case Study papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date.

s2019 Wiki questions for the Ancient Middle America Final exam are due by the end of Week 14, Saturday, 27 April 2019

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Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá
Wikipedia

Week 13 — The Early Postclassic: Toltecs and "Toltecized" Maya
(Week 13 starts on Thursday)

Week 13 Memo

handout:
Postclassic

Stages handout thumbnail.
stages handout

(slides: Postclassic.pptx)

Day 26 Tuesday, 4 December 2012 nlt 11:43

video:
Chichén Itzá: At the Mouth of the Well
(27 min., 2001, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1435.1.C5 C44 2001 DVD)

film HomePage

course viewing guide

The Observatory
(Edward Dawson)

Mesoamerican Stages
(Periods)

stages handout
(as defined by various authors)

(read from bottom to top)

Spanish Conquest

IV.

Postclassic

(slides: Postclassic.pptx)

III.

Classic

(slides: Classic.pptx)

II.

Preclassic

Mesoamerica Identifies Itself

(slides: Preclassici_Intro.pptx )
(slides: Preclassic_Middle.pptx )
(slides: Preclassic_Late.pptx)

Archaic, or Incipient Agriculturalists

(slides: Archaic.pptx)

		Sites:
		Tepexpan (map) (slides: Tepexpan.ppt)
		Tehuacán (handout) (map) (slides: Tehuacan.ppt)
		Cuello (map) (slides: Cuello.ppt)

Lithic, or Early Hunters Stage

(slides: Lithic.pptx)

For Week 13 Activities see

readings:

Mexico
Ch. 10, "The Aztecs in 1519," pp. 190-224

have a look at . . .

Mexico
"Reigning Monarchs of the Aztec State" on p. 237

Text, Mexico, 6th Edition, Michael D. Coe and Rex Koontz.

For Week 13 Activities see

s2019 Wiki questions for the Ancient Middle America Final exam are due by the end of Week 14, Saturday, 27 April 2019

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December 2012

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Week 13 Day 26

Week 14 Day 27

St. Nicholas Day

Chanukah
December 8 to sunset, December 16, 2012

December 2012

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Week 14 Day 28

Week 15 Day 29

St. Lucia's Day

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film HomePage
course viewing guide

s2019 The MA Extra Credit Term Paper Term Paper is due by the end of Week 13, by Saturday, 20 April 2019.

AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date. Why?

s2019 Wiki questions for the Ancient Middle America Final exam are due by the end of Week 14, Saturday, 27 April 2019

Week 14 — The Late Postclassic: Aztecs
(Week 14 starts on Thursday)

Week 14 Memo

handout:
Postclassic

Stages handout thumbnail.
stages handout

(slides: Postclassic.pptx)

slides:
Aztec (.pptx)

Map of the Aztec Empire

Week 14 Day 27 Thursday, 6 December 2012 nlt 11:23

video:
Ancient Civilizations: The Aztecs
(47 min., 1999, VC 3530)

film HomePage

course viewing guide

Tenochtitlán

Tepetlaoztoc Codex, Manuscript.

Tepetlaoztoc Codex, Manuscript

Aztec Sunstone Calendar

course evaluation
(Day 28: Tuesday, 14 December 2010)

Anth 3618 - 001
Course Call #	=	28695
Quarter	=	3 Fall
Year	=	12

Day 28 Tuesday, 11 December 2012 nlt 11:10

video:
Secrets of the Dead: "Aztec Massacre"
(60 min., 2008, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia F1219.73 .S43 2008 DVD)

Cortes' Route into Mexico
(larger map)

Day 29 Thursday, 13 December 2012 nlt 11:18

video:

The Sweat of the Sun
(52 min., 1975, VC 169)
(slides)

course viewing guide

Three major driving forces of early exploration and colonization of Middle and South America were . . .
spices
"pagan" souls to be saved
gold

Sweat of the Sun is a comparative look at gold . . .

At the very end of the film note the similarities between some of these practices at Laguna de Guatavita (Columbia) and the offerings at the sacred cenote at Chichén Itzá

Aztec gold.
Aztec Gold

Aztec gold.

Aztec Gold

Inca Gold

Mesoamerican Stages
(Periods)

stages handout
(as defined by various authors)

(read from bottom to top)

Spanish Conquest

IV.

Postclassic

(slides: Postclassic.pptx)

III.

Classic

(slides: Classic.pptx)

II.

Preclassic

Mesoamerica Identifies Itself

(slides: Preclassici_Intro.pptx )
(slides: Preclassic_Middle.pptx )
(slides: Preclassic_Late.pptx)

Archaic, or Incipient Agriculturalists

(slides: Archaic.pptx)

		Sites:
		Tepexpan (map) (slides: Tepexpan.ppt)
		Tehuacán (handout) (map) (slides: Tehuacan.ppt)
		Cuello (map) (slides: Cuello.ppt)

Lithic, or Early Hunters Stage

(slides: Lithic.pptx)

For Week 14 Activities see

readings:

The Maya
Ch. 8, "Maya Life on the Eve of the Conquest," pp. 212-217

The Maya
Ch. 10, "The Enduring Maya," pp. 250-262

Text, The Maya, 8th Edition, Michael D. Coe.

Mexico
"Epilogue," pp. 225-231

assignment:
Review for Final Exam

Image of a blue book.

Final Exam information
is available at
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/maexams.html#final>

Click on the various items for details

Review the materials

in your texts

Text, The Maya, 8th Edition, Michael D. Coe.

Text, Mexico, 6th Edition, Michael D. Coe and Rex Koontz.

in your class notes
and on the
video viewing guide

Useful Information:

UMD Study Strategies

Test Taking Strategies

Learning Styles

Listening Skills

Taking Notes from Lectures

Special Facilities / Arrangements

Text Assignments Summary for Weeks 08 - 15

Basic Information about the texts

Writing Essays for Exams

(Purdue University Online Writing Lab)

Sample Exam Questions: Final

extra help with exams

For Week 14 Activities see

s2019 Wiki questions for the Ancient Middle America Final exam are due by the end of Week 14, Saturday, 27 April 2019

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December 2012

Getting your other grades

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Week 14 Day 28

Week 15 Day 29

St. Lucia's Day

Winter Solstice , also known as Yule

2012
13.0.0.0.0
end of the Mayan 13^th b'ak'tun

Ancient Middle America Final Exam

s2019 Wiki questions for the Ancient Middle America Final exam are due by the end of Week 14, Saturday, 27 April 2019

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The s2019 Ancient Middle America Final Exam will be at 8:00-9:55 on Tuesday, 7 May 2019, in Cina 214

REM: Bring your Laptop

Laptop

s2019 Final semester evaluations are due by the last day of the term, Saturday, 4 May 2019

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Week 15 — New Worlds: The Conquest

Week 15 Memo
End of Semester Memo

handout:
Postclassic

Stages handout thumbnail.
stages handout

(slides: Postclassic.pptx)

Day 29 Thursday, 15 December 2011 nlt 11:18

Three major driving forces of early exploration and colonization
of Middle and South America were . . .
spices
"pagan" souls to be saved
gold

Sweat of the Sun is a comparative look at gold . . .

video:
The Sweat of the Sun
(52 min., 1975, VC 169)

(slides)

course viewing guide

Aztec gold.
Aztec Gold

Inca Gold

At the very end of the film note the similarities between some of these practices at Laguna de Guatavita (Columbia) and the offerings at the sacred cenote at Chichén Itzá

Mesoamerican Stages
(Periods)

stages handout
(as defined by various authors)

(read from bottom to top)

Spanish Conquest

IV.

Postclassic

(slides: Postclassic.pptx)

III.

Classic

(slides: Classic.pptx)

II.

Preclassic

Mesoamerica Identifies Itself

(slides: Preclassici_Intro.pptx )
(slides: Preclassic_Middle.pptx )
(slides: Preclassic_Late.pptx)

Archaic, or Incipient Agriculturalists

(slides: Archaic.pptx)

		Sites:
		Tepexpan (map) (slides: Tepexpan.ppt)
		Tehuacán (handout) (map) (slides: Tehuacan.ppt)
		Cuello (map) (slides: Cuello.ppt)

Lithic, or Early Hunters Stage

(slides: Lithic.pptx)

For Week 15 Activities see

readings:

Mexico
"Visiting Mexico," pp. 232-235

The Maya
"Visiting the Maya Area," pp. 263-266

Text, The Maya, 8th Edition, Michael D. Coe.

Review for Final Exam

assignment:
Review for Final Exam

Image of a blue book.

Final Exam information
is available at
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/maexams.html#final>

Click on the various items for details

Review the materials

in your texts

For Week 15 Activities see

Ancient Middle America Final Exam

s2019 Wiki questions for the Ancient Middle America Final exam are due by the end of Week 14, Saturday, 27 April 2019

[an error occurred while processing this directive]

The s2019 Ancient Middle America Final Exam will be at 8:00-9:55 on Tuesday, 7 May 2019, in Cina 214

REM: Bring your Laptop

Laptop

s2019 Final semester evaluations are due by the last day of the term, Saturday, 4 May 2019

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December 2012

Getting your other grades

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Winter Solstice , also known as Yule

2012
13.0.0.0.0
end of the Mayan 13^th b'ak'tun

January 2013