Mayan Homework Study Instructions (Letters) and Questions (Qs) |
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Study all the materials on the Index for Maya Notes and Yucatecan Humanities |
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Identify this Maya image and briefly describe it and identify its significance: |
Q2. |
What was the relationship between Tikal and Teotihuacan during the Pre-Classic Period? |
Q3. |
Identify the following image and describe its most significant features:  |
Q4. |
Pick one of the images in HUM 2461's virtual tour of Tikal and tell why it impresses you most either in a positive or negative sense. |
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Identify the significance of these two dates in Maya history: 353 CE and 1697. |
Q6. |
Give an example of a Colonial "fortress church". Where is it? What fortress-like features does it have? |
Q7. |
During what period was Chichén Itzá a prominent Mayan site? What semi-historical figure was prominently associated with Chichén Itzá? |
Q8. |
What is a Jaina warrior? What are some of the principal symbolic features of such a warrior? |
Q9. |
What is a "corbel arch"? Where are these arches found? What does it look like? |
Q10. |
Describe the difference between a Chac-mool and Chaac. |
Q11. |
What is a "cenote" (cenote sagrado / sacred well)? What are its characteristics? What is sacred about it? |
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Read the Notes on the Popol Vuh and the assigned pages from the Popol Vuh. |
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When was the Popol Vuh created? How was it preserved throughout the centuries before the arrival of the Spaniards? How did it enter into the "Spanish-American" humanities? |
Q13. |
What parallels exist between the beginning of the Popol Vuh and the beginnings of creation narratives on other religious or sacred texts or the Bible? |
Q14. |
In the Popol Vuh, what beings are created in the first three creation narrated in the early chapters of the text assigned? |
Q15. |
Describe very briefly who these characters are: Vucub-Caquix, Hunahpú, Xbalanqué, Zipacná, and the 400 youths. |
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