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ANTH 251 Mesoamerican Archaeology
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Date	Topic	Reading
W 1-16	Course Introduction
F 1-18	Introduction to Mesoamerican Prehistory	Chap 1
M 1-21	Mesoamerican Geography and Ecology	Chap 2: 45-61
W 1-23	Peopling of Mesoamerica	Chap 2: 62-71
F 1-25	From Hunting/Gathering to Farming	Chap 3
M 1-28	Early Mesoamerican Villages	Chap 4
W 1-30	Case Study: San Jose Magote
F 2-1	The Olmec	Chap 5
M 2-4	Middle to Late Formative	Chaps 6-7
W 2-6	Teotihuacán	Chap 10
F 2-8	Movie-"Teotihuacán" Mesoamerican Ballgame Ballgame today
M 2-11	Introduction to the Maya	Chap 11
W 2-13	Movie- “Maya: Lords of the Jungle”
F 2-15	Mayan Writing & the Long Count
2-18 to 2-22	No Class-College Break
M 2-25	Mayan Urban Living & Organization
W 2-27	Mayan Cosmology	Chap 12
F 2-29	Movie-"Mystery of the Maya"
M 3-3	Late Classic Maya Collapse
W 3-5	Movie- "Search for the Lost Cave People" Exam Review
F 3-7	Midterm Exam-Take Home
M 3-10	Terminal Classic West Mexico	Chap 13
W 3-12	Post-Classic Maya	Chap 14
F 3-14	Movie- “Chichen Itza and Tulum ”
M 3-17	Tula & the Toltecs
W 3-19	The Tarascans	Chap 15
F 3-21	Movie- "Secrets of the Aztec Empire"	Chap 16
3-24 to 3-28	No Class-College Break
M 3-31	No Class-Dr. Walker away at Conference
W 4-2	The Aztecs-Chichimec Period	Chap 17
F 4-4	Tenochtitlan	Chap 18
M 4-7	Aztec Religion & Cosmology	Chap 19
W 4-9	Movie-"The Aztec Empire"
F 4-11	Cortes and the arrival of the Spanish	Chap 20
M 4-14	Movie- “The Conquistadors”
W 4-16	"The Conquistadors" Continued
F 4-18	Mesoamerican Indigenous People Today
M 4-21	Movie- “Lost World of the Maya ”
W 4-23	Preparation for Group Presentations
F 4-25	Group Presentations *Annotated Bibliography Due
M 4-28	Group Presentations
W 4-30	Group Presentations
F 5-2	Group Presentations
M 5-5	Final Exam
F 5-9	Final Exam 9:00 am