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1 The Pipil resided in ________, while the Ch'orti' were in eastern Guatemala and northwestern Honduras.

2 Other animals, including the duck, ________,[citation needed] dogs, and turkey were domesticated.

3 Archaic sites include Sipacate in Escuintla, Guatemala, where ________ pollen samples date to ca.

4 ________ were common public monuments throughout Mesoamerica, and served to commemorate notable successes, events and dates associated with the rulers and nobility of the various sites.

5 Sea shells from both coastal areas were used as ________ during the Preclassic[citation needed].

6 These included the two solstices and the two ________ which could be thought of as the four "directional pillars" that support the year.

7 It should be noted, however, that earlier maize samples have been documented at the Los Ladrones cave site in ________, ca.

8 While generally concentrating within the area in and around the Puuc hills, the style has been documented as far away as at ________ to the east and Edzna to the south.

9 Outside of the northern Maya lowlands, ________ are common throughout Mesoamerica.

10 In the field of medicine there were two schools: one was the ________ tradition, where shaman is understood as being a priestly healer who dealt with certain ailments, the most common of which was the loss of the soul.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the cult of Kukulkan, the Yucatec Maya feathered serpent deity, was the first Mesoamerican religion to transcend earlier linguistic and ethnic divisions?
  • the conical step pyramids (reconstruction pictured) and circular public architecture of ancient Mexico's Teuchitlan tradition were unique in Mesoamerica?
  • the important Mesoamerican archaeological site of Cara Sucia in El Salvador was severely damaged by looters after the Land Reform Programme of 1980?
  • the important Early Classic Mesoamerican city of Montana, in Guatemala, was a colony founded by the distant metropolis of Teotihuacan, in Mexico?
  • the use of speech scrolls (example pictured) developed independently in European and Mesoamerican art?
  • the powerful Early Classic Mesoamerican city of Balberta, in Guatemala, abruptly collapsed around AD 400?
  • the archaeological cave of Juxtlahuaca contains Mesoamerica's earliest sophisticated painted art (pictured), as well as its only known example of non-Maya deep cave art?
  • the Classic Period Mesoamerican archaeological site of Bilbao on the Pacific coastal plain of Guatemala, features a significant amount of sculpture with ballgame imagery?
  • Votan, a legendary figure from Mesoamerica, has been erroneously identified with the Norse god Odin and the Mayan ruler Pacal the Great, among others, despite a lack of evidence?
  • potbelly sculpture is a crude non-Maya sculptural style distributed along the Pacific slope of southern Mesoamerica and dating to the Preclassic Period?
  • Xochipala-style figurines (pictured) are considered some of the earliest and most naturalistic in Mesoamerica?
  • although the Spanish introduced barley-based beer in Mexico, various Mesoamerican cultures had a corn-based fermented drink which is still made today?
  • the Mesoamerican archaeological site of Quelepa in eastern El Salvador was distinguished by its unusual ramped pyramids?
  • the 1300 identified Mesoamerican ballcourts used for playing the Mesoamerican ballgame (see drawing) were all built in the same basic shape despite a span of 2700 years?
  • La Mojarra Stela 1 (pictured), a 4-ton artifact of the Epi-Olmec culture, features a Mesoamerican ruler and appears to record his ritual bloodletting and a "dripping sacrifice"?
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