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Who was the Maya equivalant to Tutankhamen?
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Pacal the Great. He was twelve when ascended the throne. Ruler from Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico A.D. 615.
Father not king, but mother from Royal line and ruler of Palenque for three years. A.D. 640, mother died=fully king in law and deed at 37years old. Campaign of construction to legitimize rule. In tomb constructed king list to legitimize rule and sons rule. Died 683 at 67 years. Sacrophagus of solid block of limestone, mask of obsidian, shell and jade bearing mosaic of Pacal. |
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Where and when did the Maya originate?
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2800-3200 B.P. Near where Olmec originated.
by 2300; villages; Tikal, Cerros, Lamanai in south, Komchen in North. |
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What was the earliest form of public architecture?
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large stone platforms
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What were the Mayans trading?
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Trading centres ie. Cerros, raw obsidian and jade, cotton and cacao and perhaps ceramics.
Added to power of religious elite. |
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How did the elite legitimize their power?
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Had power to collect surplus and utilize it to build monumental and communal construction.
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What was their agricultural techniques?
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1. Slash and burn; forests cut and burned. Fields abandoned after short period and allowed to grow over. Used again after period of ag. dormancy.
2. Extensive ridged fields; ridges of land built up in rich and fertile floodplanes of rivers. Artificial ground remained dry even during flooding. 3. Ev. of canals and swamp reclamation projects. 4. Terracing of hill slopes, planting kitchen gardens and tree cropping. |
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Did the Maya have a writing system?
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Sophisticated system of writing and mathmetics derived from Olmec.
Maya history often emphasised kingly succession. Highly accurate calendar based on sophisticated astronomical observations |
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When was the classic Maya period and what charactised it?
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A.D. 300; Palenque, Tikal
Built temples, pyramids, and palaces Esp. Tikal=evidence of neighbourhoods, in occupational zones. |
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What happened to the Maya?
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A.D. 800 Southern Maya stopped building pyramids, temples and pop. decreased dramatically.
Chicken Itza and Uxmal in North struggle for dominance and both collapsed. A.D. 1250-1450 due to warfare and politics Maya started to collapse. By the time the Spanish arrived the Maya were much changed; society decentralised and pop. was scattered. |
