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10/3 - Maya after midterm * Leopold Batnes – Teotihuacan * William Sanders - Teotihuacan mapping project * S. Sugiyama and R. Cabrera * Street of the Dead - 15 ½ degrees east of north * Grid oriented – Canalized at the Rio San Juan * Pyramid of the sun – one of the largest mounds in north America * Cave below the pyramid of the sun (Cave of emergence) * Summer Solstice – June 21st it is directly on top of the pyramid * No shadow at noon * Sun goes down and the seven sisters comes up on the other side * Temple of the Feathered Serpent * Human and Canine Maxillae * Strontium Isotope Analysis
Teotihuacan Terms adornos – molded adornments apartment complexes backrack barrios
Batres, Leopoldo
Ciudadela
drought
Great Goddess
Host Figures incensario - incense burner
Kaminaljuyu
maxillae
Pachuca obsidian patio Pennsylvania State, Teotihuacan Mapping Project — Wm. Sanders & B. Price
Pleiades
Pyramid of Moon
Pyramid of Sun
San Juan River slab-footed, stucco-covered cylinder tripod bows w/ lids
Storm God War Headdress
Street of the Dead strontium and oxygen isotope talud-tablero Temple of the Feathered Serpent
Teotihuacan = "Place Where the Gods Lived"
Teotihuacan Archaeological Project — S. Sugyama & R. Cabrera theater-style incensarios
Thin Orange Pottery
Tlaloc – Storm God
Veracruz Barrio
Zapotec Barrio
10/4 – Recitation * Lost Kingdoms of the Maya - Movie * Stevens and Catherwood * Bill Fash * Robert Sharer * David Stuart – Epigrapher * Codices * Barbara Fash – Draws the pictures * Linda Schele – Epigrapher * Ball game – Represent movement of sun and starts, bountiful harvest * Supreme source of nourishment to the gods is Blood * Chu’lel = soul – Living force of the universe * Copal – Used for incense * Huipil = traditional Maya dress * Chip Morris * Xibalba = underworld – place of fright *
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