Reference Material on Latin America (F1401, 6)
Latin America: Other
Shovel shaped incisors: genetic trait of Native Americans
Outline of lecture 9/30/97 The Americas: a century before
“Indian”: misnomer and meaning
PrehispanicTerracing in Cholca Valley (Peru): conserves water and sunlight
Ancient and modern terracing: Ollantaytambo (Peru)
Inca military outpost, storage depots, and terracing, overlooking Ollantaytambo
Inca terracing and irrigation (from Guaman Poma, La nueva crónica )
Planting potatoes
The Imperial States, Nahuas and Incas: Commonalities
Tribute payments province of Toluca, Codex Mendoza (1540)
Commonalities, social organization: nobility & commoners
Montezuma’s advisors
Commonalities, social organization: craftsmen & dependents
Nahua craftsmen and their sons
Commonalities, social organization: Land
Commonalities, the century before: a period of political expansion
The founding of Tenochtitlan (depicted by native artist, Codex Mendoza 1540)
The expansion of Nahua hegemony
Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan?
Differences
Inca Roads, ~1500: Quito (Ecuador) to Cuzco (Peru) and Santiago (Chile) (areas studied are marked by hatching)
Remains of Inca Roads, near Huanaco (inland from Lima)
Inca Trail near Machu Picchu
Hikers climb a steep section on the Ollantaytambo- Machu Picchu Trail (fourth and final day)
Machu Picchu 2570 meters above sea level
Machu Picchu: noble retreat or another island in a microclimate archipelago?
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Machu Picchu Terracing facing the North to catch the sun’s rays
Inca Temple of the Sun (Corincancha) at Cuzco. Spaniards built a church over the original masonry.
Quipu: knotted cord mnemonics helped administrators (from Guaman Poma display in National Museum, Lima)
Debate: Condition of Nahua Women
The naming ceremony began at sunrise … and concluded with a banquet
Earthly Names Ceremony differs for boys and girls
Lessons in gender begin at a tender age (5/6 years old--Codex Mendoza)
Museo de Antropología, Mexico City: “Here is the home of one...named…Cuilol”.
4 most common names for each sex. What are the differences?
Conclusions: Earthly Names of Ordinary People
Nahua Gender Relations: patriarchy, assymetry, oppression
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