Final Places Flashcards
Laetoli
Tanzania (central left coast of africa), discovered by Mary Leakey in 1976. Site of footprints from early hominins walking across volcanic ash. The fossils give evidence of bipedalism
La Danta
Guatemala- El Mirador (Mayan City), the “El Tigre” complex and the “La Danta” complex, give the impression of two large hills. La Danta complex consists of a number of platforms. Guatemalan Mayan temple, one of the largest pyramids in the world
Catalhoyuk
South-central Anatolia Turkey, earliest densely settled fully sedentary population. Elaborate symbolic/ritual practices, advent of pottery production, long distance raw material acquisition. In the middle of Konya basin (former lake), seasonal floods explaining dense area. The “forked mound”.
Angkor
Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Cambodia -Angkor, founded by Jayavarman II
Gobleki Tepe
Southern Turkey, hilltop sanctuary constructed 11,000 ya during the Neolithic period and is the oldest man made structure, not a settlement or habitiation site. Rise of man.
Mohenjo-Daro
Pakistan
Knosses
Crete, Greece
Rapa Nui
Easter Island, Chile
Tenochtitlan
AD 1325 - Present, Mexico City, Capital city of the Aztecs, “Venice of the New World”, In less than 200 years it evolved from a small island village to the largest and most powerful village in Mesoamerica, MAJOR trade center. Soon joined with the smaller petty states and formed a triple alliance.
Templo Mayor
1325, Tenochtitlan, translates to “sacred mountain” and is the legendary birthplace of Huitzipolochtli.
Tikal
Central Peten (Guatemala), mayan, first occupied in the middle formative (800 BC - AD 900), reached political peak between AD 682 and 800, coinciding with the rule of three dynastic kings. Represents the various agricultural techniques used by the Maya. At its peak it had a sizable population and was an important trade center. Major structures: Great Plaza, Temple of the Jaguar, and Acropolis.
Temple of the Inscriptions
largest mesoamerican stepped pyramid structure at the pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Palenque, built as burial monument for Lord Pakal
Pyramid of the Sun
The Pyramid of the Sun is the largest building in Teotihuacán and one of the largest Pyramids in Mesoamerica. The name comes from the Aztecs, who visited the city of Teotihuacán centuries after it was abandoned. The pyramid was constructed in two phases. The first construction stage, around 100 AD brought the pyramid to nearly the size it is today. The second round of construction resulted in its completed size of 225 meters (733 feet) across and 75 meters (246 feet) high.
Cibola
SW south America, Search began in 1540, the mythical Seven Cities were searched for by Marcos de Niza because they thought it was a city of gold (was a myth).
San Bartolo
Guatemala, 100 BC, discovered in 2001, and home to the earliest Mayan writing ever discovered.
Lascaux
France
Mycenae
Greece (mainland)
Palenque
known as Lakamha (literally: “Big Water”), was a Maya city state in southern Mexico (226 BC to ca. AD 799). Classic period, Mexican Mayan city state that flourished in the 7th century, where Lord Pakal’s tomb was found, he ruled for over 50 years (capital city)
Calakmul
Yutacan Peninsula (NW of Tikal), Tikal’s principal rival (military and economic). Equal to Tikal in size and monumental structure. Its political partners dominated the Mayan lowlands.
La Venta
Tabasco, Mexico (elbow of mexico). Olmec occupied 900-400 BC, the roots of Mesoamerican civilization on the costal plain of S. Veracruz. Occupied by Olmec elite and workers, Major Olmec village.
Monte Alban
South Highlands of Mexico, East of San Jose Mogote, 500 BC-800 AD, evidence suggests that it was tied to the increasing role of militarization in the Oaxaca Valley. Emergence also coincides with marked regional population growth, as well as changes in the local systems of exchange and production. 300 Stone Monuments.
Monte Verde
13,000 ya located in forested area of Northern Chile discovered in 1976. Organic remains of wood, bone, and skin. Timber and earthen foundations found at the site, human footprint found preserved in sand.
Harappa
Pakistan
Chaco Canyon
NW New Mexico, 500 AD-1300 AD, prehistoric regional center of the American Southwest. Inhabited by the Pueblo Indians, one of the most complex Native American settlements ever found.
Teotihuacan
Urban space organized into a grid, storm god and great goddess, canals for irrigation. “The city of the Gods”. Collapsed around 600 AD.
Macchu Picchu
SE Highlands of Peru, 200 BC, largely unknown to the spanish conquistadores, it remains one of the best-preserved and fantastic Inca sites.
