SBS 348-08- Maya Civilization
Examines the art, ideology, society, and culture of the ancient Maya dynastic tradition in comparative and cross-cultural terms and from the perspective of landmark archaeological projects, ethnohistorical studies, and glyph interpretation. Studies their respective significance in deciphering the larger Maya life way. Will review recent advancements in Maya glyph translation, astronomy, calendrical computation, as well as the literary, artistic, and historical traditions as conveyed through ancient texts and monuments.
Units: 4
Reflective Narrative
This course meets MLO 4: Literary and Cultural knowledge. It satisfies the expectations for this MLO by introducing me to learn the ideas, beliefs, and philosophy of the Maya civilization. Through different activities during the semester, the professor guided us to understand the Maya culture and civilization. Class discussions, group activities, games, and presentations we acquired significant knowledge on the Quiche people. I did weekly readings the book called “chronicles of the Maya kings and queens” by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube and asked three questions about the reading to report in class. I did four presentations about a Maya topic; either a city, glyphs, food, temple, artifact, etc. I took two tests a midterm and a final, both tests were about analysing the class and what was accomplished during the term. I did a lot of video responses, I watched videos during class or for homework and was required to write a detailed analysis about the video. the professor placed us in small groups to analyse several Maya codices in class, after the analysis I wrote a detailed description of the codice. We played an Aztec board game called “Patolli” and the winner got extra credit. I participated in atl atl throwing, the whole class practiced throwing Tehotihuacan darts. For the final paper, I wrote a 10 page paper about the conquest of the Maya and made a painting of its representation using acrylics paints.
final_paper_the_mayan_conquest.pdf | |
File Size: | 26 kb |
File Type: |
down_of_the_maya_documentary_summary.pdf | |
File Size: | 11 kb |
File Type: |