Map of the Yucatan Peninsula - Norwell High School · November 10, 2014 Map of the Yucatan Peninsula Mayan Civilization 300-900 CE

November 10, 2014

Map of the Yucatan Peninsula

Mayan Civilization 300-900 CE

November 10, 2014

Hierarchy of a City State

Chiefs High Priest

Halach Uinic

("True Man")

PriestsMemba Uinicoob (common people)

Pentacoob (slaves)

Leader/ "Royalty"

Nobility

Citizens------------------------

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Responsibilities of a Priest:

-Served as doctors, teachers, and oracles

-led all religious ceremonies and rituals

Priests were the only members of society to understand the mysteries of astronomy, mathematics, and the calendar

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Why did their knowledge of astronomy and the calendar make priests so important in Mayan society?

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Daily Life

Mayans lived by farming and trading. Their maize (corn) fields were known as milpas.

The Maya practiced "slash and burn" agriculture.

This practice led to soil exhaustion and forced the Mayans to move around every few years.

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The staple crop in the Mayan diet was Maize.

Also raised kidney beans, squash and avocados.

Domesticated animals such as dog, duck, dove, partridge and turkey.

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Canopy Hunting

Cleared out specific plants from the jungle but made sure certain layers of the canopy survived.

By leaving the upper canopies intact, Mayans were able to maintain an additional food source of the canopy dwellers.

Clearing the undergrowth made it easier to travel through the jungle.

Why?

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Next Time:We will learn what makes a Mayan "beautiful," what a "day in the life" was like, and how to play pok-a-tok

November 10, 2014

Use QRafter to scan one of the QR Codes around the room for a 360' view of a location.

Imagine that someone has gone back in time and arrived at your scanned location in 735 CE. What would they see? What would people be doing? Why do you think this is?

Type I, at least 6 lines.

Separate sheet of paper OR pages document

Ticket to Leave/Homework