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Chavin |
Located in the central mountains of Peru; 1st millenium BCE. Impressive stone temples with galleries, stone-block cielings, and underground water channels. |
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Moche |
Located in the Valley of the Moche River in Northern Peru in an area that covered 2,500 miles, 1st millenium CE. Built 2 100ft high adobe pyramids, painted murals depicting battles, sacrifices, and deities. Known for metalwork and ceramics and had a sophisticated irrigation system. Collapsed 8th cent. CE. |
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Hopewell |
Ranged from Lake Superior to Appalachian Mountains and Gulf of Mexico, 3rd millenium BCE. Searched for trade for economic and religous purposes. |
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Cahokia |
East St Louis, declined 13th cent CE. Administrative capital of surrounding territory. Built 98ft high burial with a larger base than the Great Pyramids. Largest population (20,000) in North America until Philadelphia. |
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Anasazi |
Located from Colorado to New Mexico to South Utah, 1st millenium CE. Impressive architectural structures such as apartment complexes, 3 story adobe houses, and religious kivas underground. Extensive agriculture. |
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Olmec |
Mesoamerica, 1st millenium BCE. Hot and swamy lowlands along the Gulf of Mexico, South of Veracruz. Intensive agriculture along muddy riverbanks, carvings found (ornaments, tools, monuments), organized trading network, religious rituals, hieroglyphs, and a class system involving artisans and hunters. Collapsed 4th cent BCE. |
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Maya |
Located on the Yucatan Peninsula by 800 CE. Lots of land and resource competition due to overcrowding. Extensive architecture and artifacts found that show writing system. Palace constructed by ruler. |
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Teotihuacan |
Mesoamerica, 30m East of New Mexico, collapsed 800 CE. Built temples, palaces, and pyramids. Large market with produce and foreign goods (trade), located conveniently over Obsidian mine. Extensive apartment compounds to accomodate population make from wood poles and stucco. Most wealth came from agriculture. |
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Tikal |
800 CE: Most successful city-state of the Classic Maya. 100,000 population at height. |
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Yucatan |
The homeland of the Maya (peninsula) in Mexico. |
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Copan |
800 CE: One of the most successful city-states of the Classic Maya. |
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