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House Mounds
Houses were perishable. Arranged in clusters with
gardens between houses. Low density cities.
Patio Group
House Mounds built around open space
Tikal
largest Maya city, most powerful capital; several
large pyramids, large public plaza (i.e. "North
Acropolis" ritual center)
Was Tikal considered a city?
Tikal was a city with the ability to spread out
housing due to urban agriculture, cultivating land
within their cities
Chinampa Farming
Agricultural gardens used by Mexica (Aztecs) in
which fertile muck from lake bottoms was dredged
and built up into small plots; Mayas also used
, Copan
large Maya city with Acropolis with pyramids,
plazas and other public buildings atop; featured
Stelas (monuments of stone carvings)
Class Period Maya Society
AD 100 - 900; lowland jungle settings; vast public
architecture (ballcourt, pyramid, plaza,
palace); complete writing system
Maya Writing
only ancient culture to develop a complete writing
system, anything spoken could also be written (i.e.
on stone inscription, painted pottery, painted
books) mostly consisted of royal propaganda
Maya Long Count
Could provide exact dates by listing how many
units of time to count forward from the base date;
very accurate
Reasons for Maya Collapse, When it Happened?
AD 900 - Remains Mystery; could be...
1) political collapse: kings losing power, writing
systems die out
2) loss of elite culture (less meaning to specialized
craft items)
3) demographic collapse (no areas around show
surge in population, though)
Jared Diamonds 5 Factors that Caused Maya
Collapse
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