Arguments For The Chaco Structures

He is known as the man who walked through Texas to get to Mexico City. His journey was 2,500 miles. How did he survive? Cabeza de Vaca survived because of his wilderness skills, his success as a healer, and his respect for the Native Americans.

This article was talking about the uniqueness of the 11th Unnamed Cave and it tries to theorized on how the site was used. The article did a good job of explaining the why there are so many mud balls on the ceilings. The authors tries to show both supporting and disproving that the mud balls were there is because they were used to hunt bats. They also use radio carbon dating to try to get close to the dates that the sites were occupied. The articles showed many hypothesize and they were able to make claims to help them prove their points base of off the evidence that was found at the cites. While there were some good parts of the article there were some that I was questioning. Like how did they see some of the images from the petroglyph because I tried looking it from multiple angle and I was not able to see the images that they were talking about. Also, the there were a conflict between the radio carbon dating dates and the artifacts that was found dates. For example, the carbon dating material said that the time that the cave was used is around the Mississippian period. However, some of the artifacts that was found indicate that there were traces of Early to Middle Woodland people are there. Human behaviors varies and it is very hard to pin-point what something

The California SBAC test provided sources #1-4. Source #1 is about the discovery of Puebloan buildings and artifacts. Source #2 is about how the Mesa Verde National Park was established to protect the Puebloan artifacts and buildings. Source #3 is about the Inca Empire. Finally, Source #4 is about the farming and the construction techniques of the Incas. The Incan people were a very advanced society, but other civilizations may have influenced them, such as the Pueblos, who set the example for building shelters, roads, and using farming techniques.

The text states, “Andean farmers also battled poor soil, bad frosts, and frequent droughts.” The Incas developed breeds of crops.This shows that the Andean farmers had ways that offered simple solutions to help protect their harvest. The Anasazi,resided in the Four Corners of the region. The text states, “Yet in the Andes people called the Incas built a great civilization and an empire that they named Tahuantinsuyu, “the Four Quarters of

Although construction began towards the end of the time of the pueblo people in this region, the cliff dwellings seen at Mesa Verde are some of the best preserved in north America. Their miraculous preservation is bizarre because of their use of such organic materials in construction. The ancestral pueblo people would use a combination of wooden beams, sandstone, and mortar to construct these dwellings which lie right beneath the mesa top, where they would practice agriculture (Breternitz,

As mentioned in the past paragraph, the Aztecs had many temples and houses for their idols. The architectural structures of the Aztecs were of great sophistication. First, let me mention that their Province was built in the shape of a circle surrounded by rugged mountains. It is not stated in Cortes’ letter but it may have strategically been located there to be

Chaco Canyon, located in what is New Mexico today, closer to Arizona, is one of the archeological sites with many hypothesis and conclusions full of contradiction because of its complexity of what was happening there during Chaco’s economical peak. It is one of the prehistorical places that hold the history of the humans and how complex the organization between social, religious and economical was. The remains of the amazing tall and complex buildings surrounded with roads helped the archeologists to hypothesize the use of those buildings and those roads that surrounded them.

For instance, if you want to know something about their military, which a lot of people want to. I hope their daily life, for example, the how they made the steam was in the text it says, “ Water was poured over hot stones to generate steam.”. Government an example is It was the law that kids had to go to school. professions another example is Tenochtitlan was the Aztec's capitol city. city the second to last example in the article is The Aztecs were ruled by an emperor, who lived in the palace in the capital city. The last example is and the floating gardens are.The gardens were used to grow chili peppers, corn, tomatoes, beans, and squash.I hope this was enough information to help you

Long before Europeans explored North America, a group of people now known as The Ancestral Puebloans, migrated throughout the four corners region and finally settled in Mesa Verde. For more than 700 years they and their descendants lived and flourished, advancing their build technologies, and material usage. Eventually achieving a clear understanding of their environment, its changing climates, they manipulating their buildings to take advantage of the natural occurrences their communities peeked. Being simple worshippers and having respect for nature their creations left little negative impact on it relative to others of their time. Once reaching their communal peak they suddenly migrated away and disappeared, still today scientist struggle

The author’s diction emphasizes his view on the Aztecs and how astounding their city and architecture is. Cortés starts off by stating that even though he and his men saw it with their

By analyzing document 12.1, “The Aztecs and the Incas through Spanish Eyes,” it allows people today to have a better understanding and at

What did The Anasazi do day to day at Chaco Canyon and Cliff Palace . The Anasazi grew crops and move around seasonally for food. The Anasazi ate mostly corn and beans. The Anasazi sometimes made soup from those beans and corn. The Anasazi stored their food in a storage. The storage was a in pits. The pits had roof made of lined with upright stoner with a platform of poles, twigs, grass, slabs or rocks, and mud.The pits were well made for the technology The Anasazi had. By the end of 500 AD The Anasazi had good farms. The Anasazi also stored their dead in these pits. The Anasazi also made baskets and sandals. The Anasazi knew about planting and storage. The Anasazi created many things we still use today.The Anasazi had strong farms and smart idea.

Some people don’t know the great and amazing place called Manchu Picchu, which is an old Inca building that many architects admire. Those people don’t know that thousands of tourists and visitors come to look at it, wonder about its past, and to reflect off of it. In source two, the author states that “A world heritage is a place that is amazing. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization support that Machu Picchu is a world heritage.” This shows the reader how important and stunning Machu Picchu was. In this essay we are going to talk about what was so amazing about Machu Picchu, how it affected the environment and how it inspired architects, and how and who made it.

Even though Teotihuacan has made such a lasting impact on all those who marvel at its grandeur and scale over the past two thousand years, this site in still far from understood. There are many mysteries surrounding this area even after decades of excavations and research. Archaeologists and anthropologists alike struggle to gain a clearer picture of this great Mesoamerican city, although continuing work at the site has provided a wealth of information about the region, occupants, and lifestyles of those who were touched by it.

The Mexican tile roofs jump out at your eyes, until the gorgeous iron gates of other estates snatch your attention. I can at times be overwhelmed with the feast before my eyes. My favorite structure by far is the towering ruins of the old sugar plantation. The words ruins, sugar, and plantation alone are enough to conjure up the most fascinating stories within ones imagination. I can see the bones of an age past; still standing before me to mourn, and dream about. I live in a grouping of villas where a restaurant and pool facilities are being constructed. I smell fresh sawn mahogany as the carpenters make bars, counters, and doors. I hear stone masons chipping at tiles, and the scraping sounds as they pull out the mortar to lay them.