Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: 338-359 Coe, M. D., and M. Van Stone. 2001. Chapters 1 and 2 from Reading the Maya Glyphs. New York: Thames and Hudson. In Search of the Lost Empire of the Maya W 10/11 The Classic Maya: Questioning collapse. Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: 338-359 Huag, Gerald H. et al. (2003). Climate and the collapse of Maya civilization. Science 299 (5613): 1731–1735. Tainter, Joseph A. (2014). Collapse and sustainability: Rome, the Maya, and the modern world. Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association 24(1): 201–214. TH 10/12 NO CLASS - SHMINI ATZERET M 10/16 The Aztecs and the Spanish The Aztec Empire of central Mexico and their capital of Tenochtitlán: the of the “Venice” Americas. Encounters the Spaniards under Hernan Cortes; Human sacrifice Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: 360-370 Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Stay in Mexico” from Conquest of New Spain” “The “The Story of the Conquest as Told by the Anonymous Authors of Tlateloco,” from “The Spears.” “Broken W Early Civilization in South America 10/18 Giant mounds of the Chico civilization,” Sipán and Moché pyramids on Peru’s north “Norte coast, huge raised fields of the Tiwanaku culture located around Lake Titicaca, over 12,000 feet ASL. Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: 372-400 TH Early Civilization in South America 10/19 Giant mounds of the Chico civilization,” Sipán and Moché pyramids on Peru’s north “Norte coast, huge raised fields of the Tiwanaku culture located around Lake Titicaca, over 12,000 feet ASL. Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: 372-400 M MIDTERM 1 10/23 W Chan Chan; The Inka and Machu Picchu 10/25 Coastal rivals of the Inka. One of the world’s greatest empires and its collapse due to internecine conflict and invasion. The sites of Cuzco and Machu Picchu.
Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: 338-359 Coe, M. D., and M. Van Stone. 2001. Chapters 1 and 2 from Reading the Maya Glyphs. New York: Thames and Hudson. In Search of the Lost Empire of the Maya W 10/11 The Classic Maya: Questioning collapse. Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: 338-359 Huag, Gerald H. et al. (2003). Climate and the collapse of Maya civilization. Science 299 (5613): 1731–1735. Tainter, Joseph A. (2014). Collapse and sustainability: Rome, the Maya, and the modern world. Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association 24(1): 201–214. TH 10/12 NO CLASS - SHMINI ATZERET M 10/16 The Aztecs and the Spanish The Aztec Empire of central Mexico and their capital of Tenochtitlán: the “Venice” of the Americas. Encounters the Spaniards under Hernan Cortes; Human sacrifice Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: 360-370 Bernal Diaz del Castillo, “The Stay in Mexico” from “The Conquest of New Spain” “The Story of the Conquest as Told by the Anonymous Authors of Tlateloco,” from “Broken Spears.” W 10/18 Early Civilization in South America Giant mounds of the “Norte Chico civilization,” Sipán and Moché pyramids on Peru’s north coast, huge raised fields of the Tiwanaku culture located around Lake Titicaca, over 12,000 feet ASL. Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: 372-400 TH 10/19 Early Civilization in South America Giant mounds of the “Norte Chico civilization,” Sipán and Moché pyramids on Peru’s north coast, huge raised fields of the Tiwanaku culture located around Lake Titicaca, over 12,000 feet ASL. Reading: Images of the Past, 7th ed.: 372-400 M 10/23 MIDTERM 1 W 10/25 Chan Chan; The Inka and Machu Picchu Coastal rivals of the Inka. One of the world’s greatest empires and its collapse due to internecine conflict and invasion. The sites of Cuzco and Machu Picchu.