El Salvador Antigua Flashcards

1
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Sitios arquelogicos del Periodo Arcaico

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Cueva del Espírito Santo, Corinto , Morazán

Cueva del Toro

Cueva de los Fierros y la Poza, San Isidro, Cabañas

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Sitios arquelogicos del Periodo Pre-clasico

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el Carmen 
San Nicolás, 
Jayaque, Barranco Tovar
, El Perical  
Antiguo Cuscatlán
Chalchuapa
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Quelepa

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Rio Grande de San Miguel (8km NW)

1st occupation 500BCE occupied until 1.000CE

Origen Lenca

Medio kilometro cuadrado, Ceremonial site, 40+structures

Extensive western and eastern trade

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Chalchuapa Archaeological sites

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El Trapiche (200BCE - 200CE)
Casa Blanca
Tazumal

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5
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Eruption de Ilopangi

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6
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What does Pipil mean?

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Noble or señor

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Pipil Origin

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central Mexico origin, perhaps Toltec, Spoke Náhuatl

Various migration waves between 900 to SE Guatemala and western El Salvador

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8
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Pipil settlements

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Valle Chalchuapa 
Porción central del pais
Valle Sonsonate 
Metapan-lago de Gūija
Acajutla
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9
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Loma China (postclasicoq)

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Valle inferior del Rio Lempa

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10
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Cihuatán

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Municipality of Aguilares

900-1200CE construction and population

Over 900 structures

Eastern and Western Ceremonial Centres

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11
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4 Major Pipil Groups

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Cuzcatlecos
Izalcos
Nonoalcos
Mazahuae

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12
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Tonal pohualli

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Solar calendar of 260 days
(20) 13 day (trecena) periods
Each trecena ruled by different deities

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13
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Xihuital

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365 day calendar
(18) 20 day months (mētztli)
5 day period at end know as nemontemi

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14
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Indigenas del oriente

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Lenca, Ulúa y Cacaopera

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15
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Arte Rupestre salvadoreño

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Salvadoran cave art

Santa Ana, San Salvador, Chaletamgo, Morazán, Cabañas, San Vicente

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16
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Los Ulúas

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17
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Conquista de Cuzcatlán 1st

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1524, 6 June crosses Rio Paz, Ahuachapan (1st entry into El Salvador)
- 8 June reaches Acajutla
Tacuzcalo battle
18 June enter Cuzcatlán

18
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Diego de Alvarado

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2nd conquest of Cuzcatlán

1528, April 11 fundación del villa de San Salvador

19
Q

El Carmen

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3km from Pacific Ocean, Ahuachapan
1500BCE,, earliest occupation
Oldest piece of ceramic in Salvadoran territory was found there

20
Q

Mesoamerican Cultural Traits

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Polytheism 
Diet
Architecture
Calendar
Writing system 
Ballgame
21
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La Gruta de Espírito Santo

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Corinto, Morazán

Pinturas rupestres

22
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Cara Sucia

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23
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Idiomas indígenas salvadoreñas

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Náhuatl, chortí, cacaopera, mangue y ulúa

24
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Cuzcatlán

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Capital of most dominant Pipil group, Cuzcatecos

59 towns