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PRECLASSIC
POPUL NAH DEBATE
SITE PLANNING
COLLAPSE
WILDCARD
100
proposed as the "mother culture" of the ancient Maya
What is the Olmec
100
two kings hypothesized to have built 10L-22A (popul nah structure)
What are Ruler 14 or Ruler 16?
100
explain how the building in this image reflects Maya cosmology
What is (see image), underworld, earth, sky?
100
Jarod Diamond's main/central hypothesis for the collapse and a key line of evidence he uses to support his theory
What is drought and pollen cores?
100
three lines of evidence Maya archaeologists use in their research
What are lithics, ceramics, architecture, ethnography, pollen, etc.
200
list two major developments of the Preclassic that were important precursors to the Classic period
What are urbanism, polychrome pottery, public architecture, writing, social stratification, or temple-pyramids?
200
the imagery that gives Structure 10L-22A its name
What is the mat representing Mat House or council house in contact period Yucatan?
200
two main factors Ashmore and Sabloff examine to understand site planning
What are cosmology and political emulation?
200
this motif becomes more common at end of Late Classic
What is kings as warriors?
200
a major Mexican city of influence in Early Classic period
What is Teotihuacan?
300
the prehistoric Maya Copan did this to El Bosque
What is engineer the landscape to reclaim swampy areas?
300
two problems with council house interpretation
What are 9 figures, lack of arch evidence for corresponding lineages in valley, mat figure = 9 knots (underworld), etc
300
draw the preclassic water management vs. Classic period water management land engineering strategies AND explain why this shift happened
What is convex, concave.. active role of kings, etc.
300
central theme in argument over collapse at Copan and the key/critical line of evidence that Webster uses to support his interpretation
What is prolonged vs. protracted and obsidian hydration?
300
city defeated by Tikal in AD562 and a different city that defeated Tikal in AD679
What is Caracol and What is Calakmul?
400
this institution originated in Preclassic but exemplified rulership in the Classic period
What is the ahau?
400
the broader sociopolitical implication if the council house (popul nah) is incorrect
What is possibly less decentralization of power than previously believed?
400
water iconography used as evidence to support Popal Nah hypothesis
What is the large main elite complexes in four sub-communities located near water sources?
400
two key markers of collapse--but not reasons for collpase
What are end of monumental construction and no more writing in stone?
400
the number of days in the Maya sacred calendar
What is 260 days?
500
two hypotheses about the origins of Copan's Preclassic inhabitants
What is Maya immigrants from highlands or coastal areas or local, indigenous population (similar to groups in central Honduras, i.e. Lenca)?
500
look at this map-- where are the hypothesized two council houses at Copan located
What is (see map)
500
five lines of evidence that suggest Maya cities were planned
What is water management, N-S alignments, accessibility, visibility, architectural vertical zonation, etc.
500
list seven theories for the collapse (Justin & Jose are excluded)- not "kitchen sink"
What is disease, drought, hurricane/earthquake, external invasion, cyclical ideology, deforestation, internal warfare, etc.?
500
an important "cult" (strategy) used by kings to maintain power in Classic period
What is "cult of the founder"?