line, dot, football
Whereas we count in units of 10, mesoamericans counted by this unit system.
What is 20?
The largest pyramid in Teotihaucan.
What is the pyramid of the Sun?
The Olmecs practiced this form of obtaining blood.
What is blood letting?
The Mayan city-state where the largest Mesoamerican city-state is located.
Where is Chichen Itza?
The city where Pacal ruled.
What is Pelenque?
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What is dot, dot, line, line, line.....line?
This art found throughout Teotihuacan is emblimatic of milliltary and administrative social classes in Teotihaucan.
What are headdresses?
Bodies found in this manner point to a more vulgar way of obtaining blood in Teotihuacan.
What are dismembered bodies or removed jaws?
When was 600-750 CE?
Birthplace of the Gods
What is Teotihuacan?
20
What is dot....conch.
Opposite the Aztecs, the mayans were not an empire with a centralized ruler, rather they can be considered a lost connection of independently run countries.
What are city-states?
The Aztecs call him Quetzalcoatl, while the the Mayans call him Kukulkan.
Who was the Feathered Serpent god?
Roads that connected the mayan cities, that helped facilitate northen migration.
What is a sacbe?
The Feathered Serpent God for the Aztecs and Teotihuacanos.
Who is Quetzalcoatl?
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What is dot...dot, line...conch...dot, dot, dot?
What the Spanish did to the Mayan codicies, which is a major contribution to why there is misisng information surrounding the Maya.
What is they were burned them?
The rubber ball in the mesoamerican ballgame symbolizes this, which is part of the religious importance of the ballgame.
What is the Sun?
Location of the tomb of Pacal
What is the temple of the Inscriptions?
Mesoamerican Ballgame
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What is dot, line...line...conch...conch...conch?
The planet that was most observed by the Maya at El Caracol.
What is Venus?
The tunnell beneath the pyramid of the sun, is said to represent this.
What is the Underworld?
When the feathered serpent descends down el Castillo.
When are the spring and fall equinoxs?
The Mayan ruler of Tikal, that helpled promote military and cultural dominance.
Who is Yikin Chan Kawiil?