1. Pre-Columbian
Civilizations
In the Americas

2. Early Human Migrations

3. Archaic Era Large animals of Pleistocene died out
Human diets changed to small animals
Humans probably decline in population at time

4. Sculpture from the Americas
Origins of the Peoples of the Americas?

5. Major Pre-Columbian Civilizations

6. The Mayans

7. Lands of the Mayans
The Yucatan Peninsula

8. Chichen-Itza - Pyramid

9. Chichen-Itza - Observatory

10. Chichen-Itza - Ball Court

11. Mayan Cultivation of Maize
Chac, God of Rain 

12. Mayan Underground Granaries: Chultunes

13. Overview of Tikal (Guatemala)
Temple of the Masks

14. Tikal Jungle View at Sunset

15. Tikal - Main Court

16. Tikal: Temple of the Masks

17. Tikal - Wall Mask of the Rain God

18. Mayan Glyphs
sky king house child city
Mayan Mathematics

19. Mayan Glyphs

20. Mayan Drinking Cup for Chocolate

21. Pakal: The Maya Astronaut

22. Quetzalcoatl: The God of Wisdom & Learning

23. The Aztecs

24. Lands of the Aztecs

25. Aztec Society
4 Classes
Nobles (Emperor, staff, priests, military officers)
Free Commoners (right to land, schools, temples)
Serfs (bound to soil)
Slaves

26. Aztec View of Tenochtitlan

27. Ruins of the City Center, Tenochtitlan

28. The Codex Mendoza : The Founding of Tenochtitlan

29. Tenochtitlan: The “Venice” of the Americas

30. Aztec Chinampa or Floating Garden: 15ft. to 30ft. wide

31. Tenochtitlan - Chinampas

32. Aztec Writing
Aztec Math

33. Aztec Sun Stone -- Calendar

34. Aztec Sun Motifs

35. Aztec Codex (15c Manuscript)

36. The Aztecs Were Fierce Warriors

37. Aztecs Sacrifice Neighboring Tribes to the Sun God

38. Heart Sacrifice on an Aztec Temple Pyramid

39. Wall of Skulls, Tenochtitlan

40. Sacrificial Statue, Tenochtitlan