Civilizations of the Ancient Americas Osher Lifelong Learning Institute,

Winter 2015

jerky chipmunk possum toboggan skunk condor raccoon peyote caribou moose avocado chili chocolate

tomato coca llama pampa canoe kayak barbecue squash hammock hurricane mangrove tobacco mukluk

cashew jaguar toucan bayou geoduck poncho potato moose coyote hominy puma persimmon terrapin

hickory tamal cayenne igloo muskrat quinoa succotash anorak savanna iguana papaya tapioca abalone

Cahokia

Maya

Amazon

Aztec

Moche

Inka

Pre-Columbian America

Hopewell Puebloan Mimbres Paquime

Olmec Teotihuacan

Toltec Oaxaca Taino Cocle

Muisca Tairona Chimu Chavin Caral Nasca Wari

Tiwanaku

Civilizations of the Ancient Americas:

The Aztecs

Mexico, 1517 AD

The Triple Alliance (or, what does “Aztec”

mean?)

Tenochtitlan

AD1325

Diego Rivera, Detail of mural “El Mercado de Tlatelolco” in Palacio Nacional, Mexico City

An American Venice

Chinampa agriculture

Templo Mayor

Tlatelolco Market

Sacrifice and violence

Xipe Totec

Coyolxauhqui

War and expansion

Temple of the Eagle Warriors

Women “warriors”

Home life

Spanish conquest: the whys and the hows

Spanish conquest

Spanish conquest