Mesoamerican Architecture Flashcards
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Teotihuacán (Mexico), c. 100 BCE – c 700s C.E
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Tikal (Guatemala), c. 200-900
Importance: most advanced solar calendar of the time
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Governor’s Palace, Uxmal (Mexico), c. 750
Importance: raised on a plynth to show importance
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El Castillo, Chichén-Itza, 9th-12th centuries
Importance: stepped pyramid- shadow of serpent
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Tenochtitlán (Mexico), 1325-1521
Importance: Grid system of city plan