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60 Cards in this Set
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Teotihuacan, Mexico
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Tikal, Guatemala
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Chichen Itza 10th-12th centuries Mexico
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Cenote, Chichen Itza Mexico |
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El Castillo, Chichen Itza |
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El Castillo, Chichen Itza |
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El Castillo, Chichen Itza |
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Ballcourt, Chichen Itza |
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Ballcourt, Chichen Itza |
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Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza |
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Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza |
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Tenochtitlan 1325-1521 Mexico |
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Tenochtitlan 1325-1521 Mexico |
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Chinampas Tenochtitlan, Mexico
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Wall enclosed Sacred Precinct 420m x 420m |
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Sacred Precinct, Tenochtitlan |
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Sacred Precinct, Tenochtitlan |
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Sacred Precinct, Tenochtitlan |
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Twin Pyramid of Huitzilopochtli & Tlaloc beg. after 1325 Sacred Precinct, Tenochtitlan
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Twin Pyramid of Huitzilopochtli & Tlaloc beg. after 1325 Sacred Precinct, Tenochtitlan |
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Chan Chan ca1200-1470 Peru. Capital of the Chimor Kingdom
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Chan Chan ca1200-1470 Peru. Capital of the Chimor Kingdom |
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Chan Chan ca1200-1470 Peru. Capital of the Chimor Kingdom |
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Andes mountain path & Inca rope bridge. A system of messengers.
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Andes mountain path & Inca rope bridge. A system of messengers.
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Quipus |
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Cuzco, Peru Layout like a Puma-symbol of strength |
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Cuzco, Peru Layout like a Puma-symbol of strength |
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Santo Domingo [Sun Temple site] Cuzco, Peru
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Santo Domingo [Sun Temple site] Cuzco, Peru (wall-organic/man made hybrid) |
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Sacsahuaman Cuzco, Peru |
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Sacsahuaman Cuzco, Peru |
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Sacsahuaman Cuzco, Peru |
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Sacsahuaman Cuzco, Peru |
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Machu Picchu, Peru |
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Machu Picchu, Peru |
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Machu Picchu, Peru |
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Machu Picchu, Peru |
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Machu Picchu, Peru |
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Machu Picchu, Peru Observatory Terrace |
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No pottery; woven baskets; lived in caves and cliff recesses. |
Basketmaker Culture. |
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Pottery. Pithouses with circular pit and square roof; side entry with smoke hole and ladder. Settlement spread to mesa tops and canyon bottoms. |
Modified Basketmaker Period. |
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Kivas [pithouses] deep into the ground; ladder through the smoke hole. Living quarters moved above ground into rectangular rooms of adobe and saplings on stone foundations. |
Developmental Pueblo Period. |
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Multi-leveled housing and storage complexes with sunken kivas. Masonry construction. Fighting between clans for limited farmland. Defensive settlement design |
Great Pueblo Period. |
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Cliff Palace 1100-1300 Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA |
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Cliff Palace 1100-1300 Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA |
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Cliff Palace (Kiva) 1100-1300 Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA |
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Cliff Palace (Kiva) 1100-1300 Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA |
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Chaco Canyon New Mexico, USA
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Pueblo Bonito 920-1085 Chaco Canyon New Mexico, USA
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Pueblo Bonito (Kiva) 920-1085 Chaco Canyon New Mexico, USA |
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Pueblo Bonito (Stone Walls) 920-1085 Chaco Canyon New Mexico, USA |
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Pueblo Bonito (Kiva) 920-1085 Chaco Canyon New Mexico, USA |
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Casa Rinconada 920-1085 Chaco Canyon New Mexico, USA |
Largest Kiva |
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Pueblo in Taos Taos, New Mexico
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Pueblo in Taos Taos, New Mexico |
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Machu Picchu, Peru |
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-Was a sacrificial culture -symmetrical, orderly, and of axial to represent the universe -Pyramid enlargement -representation of the calandar |
What are the origins and elements of Toltec and Aztec architecture, urbanism, and culture? |
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-Asymmetrical city planning -good with stone construction (humanized stones) -Roads inhibited wheeled transportation since the roads were built with the thought of humans traveling since they didn't have any large enough animals to pull carts |
How does the Inca Empire represent a culmination of Andean cultural and political development, and Inca aesthetics a shift from previous Andean states |
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-Defensive Society -intricate irrigation of agriculture systems -Stones, mud, and wood were used to make buildings -All the towns were oriented towards the sun |
What are the characteristics of the Anasazi Great Pueblo Period in the Southwestern USA? |
