Week+4

= Sept 2 Labor Day NO class =

Topics this Week

 * Late Formative: Rise of State
 * Topic: Highlands and Lowlands

=Learning Goals=
 * The origins of the state.
 * Data sources in Highland and Lowland Mexico

=Readings= =Explore these Resources=
 * AM, Ch. 8.CHAPTER 8 THE EMERGENCE OF STATES IN THE LATE FORMATIVE (300 BC–AD 1) 205. Read chapter 8 to get a good grasp of one or two areas of cultural developments in different parts of Mexico. If you focus on a few regions in detail (i.e. Highland or lowland Mexico) it will be easier to understand how these examples relate to the theories of state development. Once you've focused on a couple of regions, review the other regions.
 * Theories of the origins of the state: brief overview [|here] of three major thinkers