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Anthro #3 Mesoameric
Anthro Exam #3
Question | Answer |
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what two cultures appear in preclassic/formative mesoamerica? | Olmec & Zapotec |
What were the two Olmec sites? | San Lorenzo & La Venta |
what are the olmec heads? made of? importance? | representations of elite powers-- made of basalt-- suggests stratification and power |
what are the 2 calendars in the olmec calendar? | Solar (haab) = 360 days in 18 months of 20 days + 5 null days........Lunar (ritual) (tzolkin) = 260 days based on astronomy |
what religious organizations are in olmec? | - human sacrifice importance - importance of water/growth (green) - jaguar - caves |
what is the mesoam. numberical system like? | use base 20; use bars and dots |
What is the center of zapotec culture? | monte alban in valley of oaxaca |
Oaxaca: - what two sites? -which dominates first? | san jose mogote(1st) & monte alban(2nd) |
What are danzantes? What period found? what to they represent? | -figures carved in stone -preclassic - show violence and human sacrifice |