Western MesoAmerica Final Flashcards
Late formative and protoclassic
Late postclassic A.D 1250-1521 Early postclassic A.D 900-1250 Late/terminal classic A.D 600-900 Early classic A.D 300-600 Proto classic 100 B.C- A.D 300 Late formative 400-100 B.C
Tres Zapotes:
Where: the Gulf coast
What: Monument C, and Steala D
When: Late formative/ protoclassic
Izapa style
Where:Chipas
What: protoclassic curvilinear style names after type of site of Izapa, Chiapas.
When: Protoclassic ,
Long count
Where: Tres Zapotes
What: a count of days from a mythical even in 3114 BC, originating in form of Olmec heartland
When: Protoclassic
La Mojarra
Where: Veracruz
What: Stela 1,
When: Protoclassic
Chiapa de Corzo
Where: Chiapas
What: stela 2, earliest long count date 36 BC,
When: late formative and classic
Tuxtla Statuette:
Where: Veracruz
What: 2nd century long count dates,
When: Preclassic
Cerro de Las Mesas:
Where Veracruz
What site, steale with early classic long count dates.
When: Early classic
Ramojadas
Where: gulf coast
What: site ceramic style, Chapopte tar paint.
When: proto and late classic
Chapopte
What: tar paint used on ceramics
El Zapotal
Where: Cerro do las Mesas
What: remojadas ceramic style, clay death and fire god shrine
When: classic period
Nopiloa
Where: Veracruz
What: site type of ceramic style, the widespread use of molds, that were mass-produced.
When Classic period
Las Higueras
Where: Veracruz
What: pyramid with elaborate mural paintings.
When: Classic period
Ball game:
What: sacrificial decapitation important symbolic theme in ball game
Head is symbolic for the “ball”
Ballcourts:
What: symbolic entrances to earth and underworld, a place for death and fertility
Sunken and probably ritually flooded to create pools.
Ulama:
What: modern form of rubber ballgame,
Where: Sinaloa (west Mexico)
Yogo:
What: “yoke ball player belts, to protect their hips
Hacha:
What: palmate stone attached to the belt, not used in the game, too heavy, only used for ritualistic purposes.
El Tajin:
where: Veracruz
what: largest ball courts 18 known for any , talud tablero (potential Teotihuacan influence) with hitches and flaring corners
Mural paintings with Maya Blue decorative
When: Early classic to end of Early postclassic
Lustrous ware:
what: from tajin area, common at teotihuacan
Tajin Grande:
Where: Veracruz
What: pyramid of nitches, ceremonial center
when: Early classic to end of Early postclassic
Interlace scroll
Where: Veracruz
What: elaborate carvings, panels plumed serpent/Quetzalcoatl bird
When: Early classic to end of Early postclassic
Tajin Chico:
Where: Veracruz
What: palace area on hill,fault stairway, entrance to symbolic court.
When: Early classic to end of Early postclassic
Yohualichan:
Where: Puebla
What: used to be a major trade route, El Tajin style architecture
When:Early classic to end of Early postclassic
Terminal Classic of central mexico right after the fall of Teotihuacan
Traits:
1) Emergence of new political centers, smaller in scale
2) Population change, migrations, population dispersed in Valley
3) New trading patterns and routes, Teotihuacan trade to the west and north no longer important
4) Increased evidence of militarism
5) More cosmopolitan and synthetic nature to art, writing and architecture
coyotlatelco pottery
Where: central mexico
What: red on buff ware with red slip
When: Terminal Classic
Teotenango:
Where: valley of Toluca,
What: fortified site atop of hill with major stone wall, ringed ball court
When: terminal classic
Calendrics:
Where: Central Mexico
What:260 calendar, 20 day names year bearers, same as xochicalco
When: terminal classic
Xochicalco
Where: Morelos, Central Mexico
What: fortified site atop a hill with protective walls and dry moats, Sacbe roads
Three Ringed ball courts, ritualistic
When: Terminal Classic
Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent
Where: Morelos
What: flaring cornice known for El Tajin, plumed serpents with maya rulers,
When: Terminal classic
Red temple
Where: Morelos
What: 3 stelae, calandrics, year bearers, bar and dot numeration
When: Terminal/ late classic
