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

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