Week+1

=Week 1 and 2: Aug 21, 26 and 28.=

Topics covered these two weeks
=Learning Goals= = = =Readings= AM, Chapter 1 ANCIENT MESOAMERICA, THE CIVILIZATION AND ITS ANTECEDENTS pp. 17-61 Henry T. Wright's State formation
 * 1) Why and how did Rank Societies → Chiefdoms → Kingdoms & Empires
 * 2) Mesoamerica as a Culture Area
 * 3) [[file:ant 242 time and space.ppt]]
 * 1) Evolution of State Societies: Henry Wright's review[[file:henrywrightorigstate.pdf]]
 * 2) Define culture areas
 * 3) Discover the geography of Mexico and Central America
 * 4) Discover how archaeologists divide the past into manageable pieces

=Explore these Resources= =Regions of Mesoamerica=
 * An example of a culture area through time: [|Western Mexico]
 * An example of a Mesoamerican [|time sequence]
 * Another example of Mesoamerican [|time sequences]:
 * Another example of Mesoamerican [|time sequence]

**North Western/Pacific Coast**
 * Northwestern Frontier (now southwestern US)
 * West Mexico
 * Michoacan & the Bajio
 * Guerrero

**Central Highlands**
 * Tula
 * Toluca
 * Basin of Mexico
 * Morelos
 * Puebla
 * Tlaxcala

**Southern Highlands**
 * Tehuacan Valley
 * Valley of Oaxaca
 * Mixteca Region

**North Eastern/Gulf Coast**
 * Guld Lowlands North
 * Gulf Lowland North Central
 * Gulf Lowlands South Central
 * Southern Gulf Lowlands
 * Maya Lowlands North/Northern Yucatan
 * Maya Lowlands Southern Yucatan, Peten Region, Belize

**Isthmus of Tehuantepec & Pacific Coastal Plain**
 * Chiapas and Guatemala Highlands
 * Southeastern Mesoamerica
 * Intermediate Area