-
coastal Mesoamericans creating a
further disincentive to
settle down in
permanent communities.
Ceremonial centers were the
nuclei of
Mesoamerican settlements...
-
significant changes in
Mesoamerican communities during the
colonial era, but
during the
entire colonial period Mesoamericans were the
largest single...
- The
Mesoamerican ballgame (Nahuatl languages: ōllamalīztli,
Nahuatl pronunciation: [oːlːamaˈlistɬi],
Mayan languages: pitz) was a
sport with
ritual ****ociations...
-
ancient Mesoamericans used any
intercalary days to
bring their calendar back into alignment. However,
there is
evidence to show
Mesoamericans were aware...
- architecture,
placement with
relation to
celestial bodies, and artwork.
Mesoamericans, who
viewed their landscape in
terms of
cardinal directions, saw these...
- prin****lly
characteristic of pre-Columbian
Aztec civilization,
although other Mesoamerican civilizations like the Maya and the
Zapotec practiced it as well. The...
- in most religions. Time is
symbolized in the
cycle of the Sun, for
Mesoamericans believed that the Sun
separates night and day, and that the
death and...
- Mesoamerica. The
animals used in
Mesoamerican cuisine were
mainly dogs, turkeys, deer and the
Muscovy duck. The
Mesoamericans began making fermented drinks...
-
Mesoamerican pyramids form a
prominent part of
ancient Mesoamerican architecture.
Although similar in some ways to
Egyptian pyramids,
these New World...
-
history of writing. The
literature and
texts created by
indigenous Mesoamericans are the earliest-known from the
Americas for
primarily two reasons:...
