25 Centuries of Timekeeping: Introduction to the Maya Archaeology 3101-AMTIME
Cultural components processed during the course:
- geography of Mesoamerica and the Maya world,
- natural environment,
- chronology (archaic, preclassic, classic, postclassic, and colonial periods),
- abbreviated history of selected sites,
- inner-regional politics of the Maya,
- religion and "cosmovisión",
- writing and art,
- calendar and mathematics,
- architecture, urbanism, "built environment",
- collapses of the Maya culture,
- conquest,
- contemporary Maya.
Type of course
Mode
Assessment criteria
Activity in class (discussions),
Presence (2 absences acceptable)
Oral exam comprising the covered topics and the given literature.
Bibliography
R. Sharer, L. Traxler: "The Ancient Maya. 6th edition", Stanford 2006
N. Grube (ed.): "Maya. Divine Kings of the Rainforest", 2011
S. Martin, N. Grube: "Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens", London 2008
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+ literature given on the go during the semester
Additional information
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