El Salvador Antigua Flashcards
Sitios arquelogicos del Periodo Arcaico
Cueva del Espírito Santo, Corinto , Morazán
Cueva del Toro
Cueva de los Fierros y la Poza, San Isidro, Cabañas
Sitios arquelogicos del Periodo Pre-clasico
el Carmen San Nicolás, Jayaque, Barranco Tovar , El Perical Antiguo Cuscatlán Chalchuapa
Quelepa
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
Chalchuapa Archaeological sites
El Trapiche (200BCE - 200CE)
Casa Blanca
Tazumal
Eruption de Ilopangi
What does Pipil mean?
Noble or señor
Pipil Origin
central Mexico origin, perhaps Toltec, Spoke Náhuatl
Various migration waves between 900 to SE Guatemala and western El Salvador
Pipil settlements
Valle Chalchuapa Porción central del pais Valle Sonsonate Metapan-lago de Gūija Acajutla
Loma China (postclasicoq)
Valle inferior del Rio Lempa
Cihuatán
Municipality of Aguilares
900-1200CE construction and population
Over 900 structures
Eastern and Western Ceremonial Centres
4 Major Pipil Groups
Cuzcatlecos
Izalcos
Nonoalcos
Mazahuae
Tonal pohualli
Solar calendar of 260 days
(20) 13 day (trecena) periods
Each trecena ruled by different deities
Xihuital
365 day calendar
(18) 20 day months (mētztli)
5 day period at end know as nemontemi
Indigenas del oriente
Lenca, Ulúa y Cacaopera
Arte Rupestre salvadoreño
Salvadoran cave art
Santa Ana, San Salvador, Chaletamgo, Morazán, Cabañas, San Vicente