Classification of New World:
a.Theories on Human Presence in the New World: Beringia, Transoceanic Voyages, Continental Drift,
Solutrea, Theological Perspective
Lithic Phase (50,000bc-20,000bc)
Nomadic, Hunters/gatherers, precarious life, bands/clans, average age 22, topography/geography effects culture evolution, pleistocene
b.Archaic Phase (12,000bc-7,000bc)
Warming trend, southernly migrations, Clovis &; Folsom cultures
c.Agricultural Revolution (8,000bc)
Sedentary society, Maiz, time, rigid social structure, the Prince, the Social Contract
d Preclassic (2000bc-100ad)
Olmecs: parent culture, infantile/feline motifs, colosal heads, conical shaped temples, Veracruz area, Fall due to: 1. Agricultural base 2. Internal rebellion 3. Invasion from nothern tribes
e.Classic (200ad-700ad):
Teotihuacan: urban city, rigid centralized society, concentric city pattern, inhabitants totaled 300,000, land of god, tablero architecture, fell due to aformentioned reasons, quetzalcoatl
f.Postclassic (800ad-1521):
Toltecs: militaristic society, conquered-state syndrome, Mixcoatl, Topiltzin-Quezalcoatl,
Aztec:Mexica, Tenochtitlan, fatalistic, pessimistic, cyclical world view, rigid social structure, , human sacrifice, chinampas, Huitzilipochtli, 5th sun
g.Spain and the Conquest of Mexico: 1519-1521 A.D
Iberian World: Spain, Reconquista, Three G
The Mexica's World
h. Retropective on the Conquest of the Aztecs