Topics • Review: Olmec culture

• Teotihuacan

Tres Zapotes

Olmec Hieroglyphics Pictographs

• Spanish horsemen, pictograph, Canyon del Muerto, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona

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Were-Jaguars

Oxtotitlan Cave, Guerrero

http://www.famsi.org/spanish/research/grove/section06.htm

Cipactli (feathered serpent)

Classic Period 200-900

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Sun Pyramid in Teotihuacán

Built over several centuries, this pyramid remained the largest structure in

the Americas until after the Spanish arrived.

Sun Pyramid in Teotihuacán

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Teotihuacan Classic 200 C.E. to 900 C.E.

Teotihuacan: means the “birthplace of the gods.”

Possibly multi-ethnic state

Center of trade and religion

Theocracy, based on paintings. Priest had crucial role in society, since they were in charge of the ritual calendar.

Artifacts: known for its obsidian artifacts.

Temple of Quetzalcoatl feathered-Serpent

Architectural style: Talud-tablero

650-750 C.E. Collapse: foreign invaders, climate change, drought

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Talud-Tablero

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Quetzalcoatl in Teotihuacan The deity Quetzalcoatl represented in Teotihuacan

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Duality: Tlaloc: god of rain

Quetzalcoatl: feathered-serpent

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Video Clip

• Mystery of Teotihuacan - Pyramids Mexico "The Birthplace Of Gods“

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkAVJVzKuZY

• Teotihuacan: City of the Gods - Ancient History Documentary

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-YtFUuLZnE

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