ANTHROPOLOGY 20 ANTHRPOLOGY 20

REQUIRED READING
BY TOPIC

Setting the Foundations for Complex Societies

  1. Mexico Chapter 1, Geography and Languages of Mexico
    [Tariacuris Legacy Chapter 3]
    [The Maya Chapter 1, Introduction to the Mayan Area]

  2. Archaic Period Early Hunters
    Mexico Chapter 2, Early Hunters and Chapter 3, The Archaic Period
    [The Maya Chapter 2, The Earliest Maya]

  3. Preclassic Period
    Mexico Chapter 4, The Preclassic Period: Early Villages
    Mexico Chapter 5, The Preclassic Period: Early Civilization
    [The Maya Chapter 3, The Earliest Maya]

MIDTERM I (To Be Announced)
Study Guide for Midterm I


The Rise of Great Classic Period Civilizations

  1. Classic Period Maya
    [The Maya Chapter 4, Classic Splendor: the Early Period]
    [The Maya Chapter 5, Classic Splendor: the Late Period]

  2. Classic Period Civilizations in the Central Highlands
    Mexico Chapter 6, The Classic Period

  3. The End of the Classic Maya and the rise of the Toltec State
    [The Maya Chapter 6, The Terminal Classic]
    Mexico Chapter 7, The Postclassic Period: the Toltec State

MIDTERM II (To Be Announced)
Study Guide for Midterm II


Postclassic Period Civilizations

  1. The Postclassic Period
    The Aztecs Chapters 1-4
    [The Maya Chapter 7, The Postclassic]

  2. The Protohistoric Period
    Mexico Chapter 8, The Postclassic Period: Rival States
    Mexico Chapter 9, The Aztecs in 1519
    The Aztecs Chapters 5-7
    [Tariacuris Legacy Chapters 1-2, 4-8]

  3. The Spanish Conquest
    The Aztecs Chapter 8
    Mexico Epilogue
    [The Maya Chapter 8, Maya Life on the Eve of the Conquest]

Final Examination (Check the Final Exam Schedule)
Study Guide for Final Exam

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