What do you think when you hear about the cliff dwellings of Machu Picchu and Mesa Verde? Thesis: The Machu Picchu and Mesa Verde cliff dwellings were ancient civilizations that contained both differences and similarities, and they were highly important. Mostly because of their harvestation, supplies, skills, terrains, structures, and artifacts. The Machu Picchu cliff dwellings were different in several ways regarding farming, building, and other numerous things.…
Rituals - Birth, initiation, sacrifice, burial, worship, festivals -Vicky The arrival of a child was a welcome event in the Inca empire, both parents were required to perform rituals to ensure the safe delivery of the infant. Pregnant women were expected to continue working until the day they gave birth, which was done without assistance. The newborn was either placed in a cradle, carried by the mother while she worked or tied in a pack across her chest. The baby was named later during a ceremony called ‘rutichikoy’ where they were no longer breastfed.…
Common ideas and practices exist from some the earliest civilizations to the present day. Three cultures with distinct connections are the Incan, Mayan, and Mongolian civilizations. One example is how these societies all worshiped a sky deity. The Mayans placed placed particular importance on the sun and the shadows that it cast, while the Inca honored their most important god, Inti, as the creator of the world. The Mongolians paid homage to their sun god, Tengri.…
Under harsh environments and geological challenges, many people couldn't survive under this condition, but two groups of people, managed to adapt, and worked around their surrounding and make the most out of it. These people are the Puebloans cliff dwellers from Mesa Verde, and the Incas from Machu Picchu. The Puebloans from Mesa Verde adapted to their surrounding and lived within cliffs. They build large cliff dwellings called 'The Alcove' which the biggest of them contains 150 rooms and 23 kivas, and they also build Spruce Tree House, and Square Tower House, these houses also contain a large amount of rooms and kivas.…
Buildings and Tools The Olmec had built many buildings and tools. The Olmec would make colossal stone structures. The stone structures(big gray stone animals and stone heads) would be worshiped in the middle near the temple. We included these because they were amazingly build out of only stone and they were huge. The Olmec would built stone temples that kind of looked like pyramids to worship their gods.…
The Maya, Aztec, and Inca were all theocracies. Maya temples were religious and governmental centers. In these temples, priests performed rituals dedicated to their gods. The Maya believed their gods controlled everything that happened on Earth, and that these gods were visible in the stars and the moon. Like the Maya, the Aztec organized their society around religion.…
These are some tools that pre Columbians used. Such as axes,hammers and needles. These tools were also made in the 1960’s. My tools are needles,axes and hammers that pre Columbians used. Their tools they use to hunt animals and getting food.…
The temple design was developed to reflect the land when the gods first created the world. The stepped pyramids represent mountains with the caves being the entry into the temples on top of the pyramids. Here we can observe a strong similarity to the Olmecs witch built temples on top of fake moutains made out of rock piles. The Mayans added sculptures and color to these…
This abundance of ceremonial spaces indicates the importance of religion and social gathering in Ancestral Puebloan societies. At Pueblo Bonita in Chaco Canyon, for example, ritual spaces are identified by the presence of stone benches and a hole in the center. These holes may reflect the concept of the “sipapu”, or ritual opening to the Underworld. These unique structures may relate to later Puebloan buildings called “kivas”. Kivas are sandstone ceremonial structures that can be distinguished by a T-shaped doorway and stone…
The Inca believed in many gods. They also worshiped sacred buildings. The greatest deity in the Incan religion was the sun god Inti. The Inca believed they were created by Inti. The Inca worshiped more gods than just Inti.…
The different designs of things there is out of this world. In the 2nd paragraph the author states “Suddenly I found myself confronted with the walls of ruined houses built of the finest quality of Inca stonework,” he recorded later. “It was hard to see…
Walking the Inca trails, I experienced the culture and life altering interactions with the local people. I noticed the complex network that exemplifies the advancements of the long lasting Inca Roads and its spiritual ideas. The roads linked communities together and extends 24,000 miles long. Along the walk, I came across enormous amounts of rocks on top of each other. These combinations of rocks are called Apacheta; it is where pilgrims traveling up and down the road have deposited rocks as offerings to gods.…
The subjects of the murals varied widely including scenes from daily life, mythology, battles, and religious ceremonies. Maya ceramics are an important art form. Mayans created their pottery without the use of a potter's wheel. They decorated their pottery with elaborate designs and scenes. Archeologists are able to learn a lot about different periods and cities of the Maya through the scenes painted or carved…
Unlike in Europe, where bridges were being made from stone, the Incas used the natural materials they had around them. These tools included alpaca and llama wool, stone structures, and wood. Due to the materials of the bridges being biodegradable and organic, the Incans had to rebuild the structure every year. The following writing describes how to build these intricate bridges. The first step of making the bridges is to create the rope itself.…
The need for technological advancement can be traced back all the way to the first settlers of the Americas. The Mesoamericans altered technology already established to meet their own personal needs. The accomplishments of the Mesoamericans, such as technological advancement and altering, lead to a large, productive civilization and sparked growth in the Americas. The Maguey plant was one of the earliest sources used to support the Mesoamericans.…