Midterm 1 Flashcards
1
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Mitochondrial Eve
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In 1987, a world wide survey of human mitochondrial DNA was published, its main point was that all mitochondrial DNA stems from one woman, and that she probably lived around 200,000 years ago in Africa
2
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Monte Alban
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- by prof
- gender identification due to spinning and weaving elements
- originally male, segueing could be gender female
- ambiguous remains at best
- lady 9 grass
- tomb 7
3
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Cap Blanc Lady
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- France
- site of the finest sculptures friezes (art) to survive the last ice age, first to be unearthed, and currently best to remain open to public
- horses, bison, and deer
- found Magdalenian
- skeleton one of only if ice age, and one of few found close primary to parietal art of the period
- ivory
4
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Ambesbury archer
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- southern England
- grave with skeleton of adult male with arrowheads beakers and other artifacts (arrowheads on top of him)
- second burial of younger man found near
5
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Strontium isotope analysis
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- amesbury archer
- teeth
- oxygen comes from drinking water and tells about climates
- strontium from local geographical structure and radio varies geographically
- Central Europe (southern Germany or Switzerland)
6
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El Rayo
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A necropolis from the Bagaces/ Samoa transition in pacific Nicaragua
- urn burials
- shoe pots
- stone shrine
- palisade foundation
7
Q
Great goddess
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- teotihuacan
- mural
- spider women
8
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Zultepec
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Aztecs
- bone clusters
- horse remains
- cannabilism?
- Spanish conquest
9
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Pyramid of the feathered serpent
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- teotihuacan
- more than 100 possible sacrificial victims
- representations of feathered serpent deity
10
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El cano
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- panama
- better understanding hierarchy chiefdom in Central America before contact with Europeans
11
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Santa Isabel
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Nicaragua
- community organization during postclassic sapoa period
- high likelihood to have been occupied by colonizers from central Mexico
12
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Cases grandes
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- northern Mexican state of Chihuahua
- mogollon culture
- water system
13
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Cenote of sacrifice
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- sacred well
- ## sacrifice into denote as form of worshipMaya
14
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Ciudad sandino
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Nicaragua
