March 04, 2014
Mayan Introductory Video March 04, 2014
Mayan Culture
If you have any brown grocery bags, we would love to have them for a fun twist on vocabulary for this unit! March 04, 2014
You will see this on the quiz! Do you know where things go?
Palenque Tikal Honduras United States Guatemala Pacific Ocean Mexico Bonampak Chichen Itza Gulf of Mexico Tulum Mayan Lands March 04, 2014
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Chichen Itza is known for all of the architecture. Hundreds of building stood once in this area.
The sacred well Possibly the best known construction on the site is Kukulkan's Pyramid. El Castillo (Kukulkan- Quetzalcoatl).
Approximately 75 feet tall. March 04, 2014
Another Important City: Palenque This city was once covered with trees and bushes. It was uncovered and studied. Within this city, there are many sculptures, buildings, and carvings that help us learn about the Mayan culture. Palenque has the highest average rainfall each year.
The Temple of Pacal the Great was Inscriptions found in a tomb inside of the Temple of Inscriptions. March 04, 2014
A lot was known about Tikal because of the massive amounts of hieroglyphics and lists found within the buildings. A list of rulers was found! March 04, 2014
Another important Mayan City: Tikal ("at the waterhole" or the "place of voices")
Located in the Peten rainforest in Guatemala. March 04, 2014
Important Mayan Cities
/ / Chichen Itza
It means "at the well of the mouth of Itza." March 04, 2014
The Mayan Map United States
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Mayan Vocabulary List
City-state: a Mayan city and its nearby town or village; each city-state was controlled by a different ruler.
Ajaw: the name for the ruler of the city- state; Mayans believed these were selected by the gods. March 04, 2014
Temples: typically the tallest building in a Mayan city-state; they were considered to be homes to the gods and the Mayans used them as a place to pray
Nobles: important people of a high-ranked birth March 04, 2014
Terraces: flat areas carved into hillsides used to grow crops
Irrigation: a man-made system of bringing water to crops
Slash-and-burn: a farming technique where forest trees and plants are cut down and burned, so crops can later be planted in the area March 04, 2014
Hieroglyphs (Glyph): a writing system used by the Mayans; made mostly of pictures and symbols to represent a word
Mesoamerica: the land that is presently known as Mexico and Central America March 04, 2014
Mayan Hieroglyphics On your brown bag (or paper if you didn't bring in a bag): Create a glyph for each word (except glyph!) Each word should be defined with a glyph progression showing how pictures got easier to draw/carve over time!
Original Glyph for Mesoamerica Final Cursive for Mesoamerica (detailed drawing) (Very simple drawing)
Definition: Land we know as Mexico and Central America March 04, 2014
1. Read aloud 2. Discuss text features 3. Identify ways to connect to culture. March 04, 2014
• Successfully farmed in rain forest by using slash-and- burn, terraces irrigation Built • Created irrigation networks to • Dense rainforest covered large support city-centers, like Tikal land making farming hard ceremonial city-states **These ideas still used today! • Climate was hot and humid
• Seasonal rainfall was depended on for water • At Tikal, Temple I was built, 130 foot- Planted corn, • Rain soaked through high step pyramid squash, beans, and limestone leaving little other crops in fields surface water March 04, 2014 March 04, 2014
• Was considered a god-king responsible for leadership AJAW • lords, mostly men, but women had great influence on political decisions • Helped lords run cities, gathered taxes, supplies and labor for construction projects
• served as war captains who led peasant armies during war
• Maintained favor with the gods • led religious rituals, calculated positions of stars, and treated the sick • practiced human sacrifice
• Merchants traded salt, cotton, fish and animal skins for obsidian, jade, feathers, and cocoa beans
• artisans produced sculptures and murals to pay tribute to gods • Men worked in fields; women managed the household
• rewarded for loyalty by being allowed to attend royal marriages and important ceremonies • Recruited children, war prisoners, criminals • required to do difficult or undesirable tasks • not badly treated, but sometimes killed or buried with master March 04, 2014
Polytheism - many 2 teams of 5 people: keep ball moving and off the ground on an open gods/goddesses grass court aiming to get ball through Gifts of blood sacrifices - hoop, played to DEATH POK-A-TOK without sacrifices, the rain, sun, everything would stop 3 calendars at once very close to what we still use today (365 All buildings made days)! 18months w 20 days of local stone Great plaza in every city Calculated moons, with important temples stars and planets Steep temples with thatched roof and steps leading to alter Predicted future Had a system for counting Mayan PICTURE Writing system based upon 20