UNIV 103 - Culture, Science and Mathematics in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Specific Projects

Chapter : A survey of Aztec numbers and their uses / Stanley E. Payne and Michael P. Closs

A brief overview of the Chumash culture.

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Architectural form with a polygonal base and triangular sides that meet at an apex. It was developed in Egypt as a monumental tomb for rulers; in some civilizations, however, such as the Mesoamerican, it functioned mainly as a platform for an altar or temple.

Describes the culture of the Cahokia Indians who created a city and built monuments in Illinois, then vanished into oblivion. Discovery of a pyramid built by the Indians; Overview of the spoken language of the Cahokians; Sign discovered by archaeologists that the Cahokian society was peaceful, egalitarian and possibly matriarchal.

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