1. Ancient Middle America "The Sweat of the Sun" from the Tribal Eye Series (52 min., 1975, VC 169)

2. Ecuador Cahokia Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 479.

3. Inca Gold

4. Inca gold artifact in the Central Bank Museum, Quito, Ecuador.- © D. Donne Bryant

5. Class Handout: Class Handout

6. Late Post-Classic Stage Late Post-Classic Middle Post-Classic Early Post-Classic

7. Late Post-Classic Stage A.D. 1200 -- 1530 (The Maya)The Maya A.D. 1200 -- 1521 (Mexico)Mexico A.D. 1400 -- 1521 Characterized by...

9. Peru Cahokia Peru Mesoamerica

10. http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?keyword=st9%20aztec%20inca

11. Aztec Tenochtitlán

12. Aztec Tenochtitlán

13. Post-Classic Stage The Aztec city of Tenochtitlán was a flourishing Postclasssic city of 50,000 – 150,000 people at the time of the Conquest it was supported by a thick fringe of chinampa farmers on its margins and around the shores of Lake Texcoco

14. Post-Classic Stage water transportation – a mobility factor – was almost certainly of importance in the maintenance of a community of such size the temple pyramids were dwarfed by the large and elaborate cities surrounding them the Tenochas rose to dominance in central Mexico during several centuries of bitter intercity fighting following the collapse of Teotihuacán

15. Aztec Tenochtitlán Mixtec Mitla

16. Late Post-Classic Stage Aztec Empire Central Highlands sites include

17. Late Post-Classic Stage Aztec Xoconochco (Soconusco) Southern Pacific Coast sites include

18. Gold artifacts from the Costa Rica National Gold Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica. - © D. Donne Bryant