Chapter 12: Mesoamerica

Question 0

Palenque site

Answer 0

Temple of inscriptions
>burial pyramid for Pakel (?) (very important individual)
>sarcophagus lid of the Mayan ruler “Pakel the great” (evidence of social hierarchy)
Temple of the cross
>inside tablet shows possibly two serpents crossing
> associated with the ruler after Pakel

Question 1

Tikal site

Answer 1

Evidence of monumental public architecture

>temple of the giant jaguar

Question 2

Mayan civilization

Answer 2

>evidence of defensive earth embankments
>depictions of warfare in Mayan art
>slash and burn agriculture, terracing hills and building raised fields
>Mayan hieroglyphic writing
    >codices
    >Mayan glyphs
>Mayan calendar 
    >astronomy

Question 3

Ceren, El Salvador site

Answer 3

> volcanic ash entombed this Mayan centre
excellent preservation
>could see the maize and chilis stored in baskets

Question 4

Chichen Itza

Answer 4

> great pyramid in el Castillo
cenote
>place for sacrifice?

Question 5

Aztecs

Answer 5

> conquered by the Spanish
tenochtitlan
>Moctezuma II the ruler
dogs were important and thought to still serve masters in the afterlife
“tlaltechutli” monolith
>”earth goddess”
sacrifices performed as offerings to gods

Question 6

Teotihuacán three-prong base system

Answer 6

> great ruler
lineages whose family structure provided social underpinning of teotihuacan life
the military (depicted in artwork)