Date

Topic

Reading

W 8-25

Course Introduction

F 8-27

Introduction to Mesoamerican Prehistory

Chap 1

M 8-30

Mesoamerican Geography and Ecology

Chap 2

W 9-1

Peopling of Mesoamerica 

Chap 2

F 9-3

From Hunting/Gathering to Farming

Chap 3

M 9-6

Early Mesoamerican Villages

Chap 4

W 9-8

Case Study: San Jose Magote

F 9-10

The Olmec 

Chap 5, 6

M 9-13

Middle to Terminal Formative

Chaps 7-9

W 9-15

Teotihuacán

Chap 10

F 9-17

Mesoamerican Ballgame

Movie-"Teotihuacán"

M 9-20

Introduction to the Maya

Chap 11

W 9-22

Movie- “Maya: Lords of the Jungle”

F 9-24

Mayan Writing & the Long Count

M 9-27

Mayan Urban Living & Organization

W 9-29 & F 10-1

No Class-College Break

M 10-4

Mayan Cosmology   

Chap 12-13

W 10-6

Movie-"Mystery of the Maya"

F 10-8

Late Classic Maya Collapse

M 10-11

Movie- "Search for the Lost Cave People"  

Exam Review

W 10-13

Midterm Exam

F 10-15

Terminal Classic West Mexico

M 10-18

Post-Classic Maya

Chap 14

W 10-20

Chichen Itza

F 10-22

Movie- “Chichen Itza ”

M 10-25

Tula & the Toltecs  

Chap 15

W 10-27 & F 10-29

No Class-Dr. Walker Attending Conference

M 11-1

The Tarascans

Chap 16

W 11-3

Movie- “Secrets of the Aztec Empire”

F 11-5

The Aztecs-Chichimec Period     

Chap 17

M 11-8

Tenochtitlan

Chap 18

W 11-10

Aztec Religion & Cosmology  

Chap 19

F 11-12

Movie-"The Aztec Empire"

M 11-15

Cortes and the arrival of the Spanish

Chap 20

W 11-17

Movie- “The Conquistadors”

F 11-19

"The Conquistadors" Continued

M 11-22 to F 11-26

No Class-College Break

M 11-29

Mesoamerican Indigenous People Today

W 12-1

Movie- “Lost World of the Maya ”

F 12-3

Group Presentations

Annotated Bibliography Due

M 12-6

Group Presentations

W 12-8

Group Presentations

F 12-10

Group Presentations

Exam Review

M 12-13

Final Exam 11:00 am