Ohio river Valley down south to Louisiana and MississippiEarly Complex SocietiesHopewellEmphasis on mortuary traditionMore a ceremonial complex than a political systemEstablished some dominant themes for the Mississippian periodMetallurgistsFind copper in the Great lakes and turn it into all kinds of formsGreat carvers of woodMississippian PeriodTwo models for emergenceConquest from the center outParallel emergence peer politiesAll of these places were in trade with each other and being built at the same timePure polity integration model is the new oneMississippian CitiesCahokia had over 100 mounds and a population of about 35,000Know about CahokiaRetainer burialsPeople are buried with the king so they can accompany him to the after lifeSquare house made of clay and strawTwins that are slightly differently marketConnects with native American oral traditions of mythologyGives sense that even though they are miles apart they had a sense of what was going on in Meso AmericaAlso had round houses that were typical of an earlier timeMound centers all the way down the MississippiThought from mound to mound you can see the next oneValley was continuously settled with far higher populations then than there is nowAnth 326l 1st Edition Lecture 9Current LectureAztecPeople from the northNot part of the classic tradition of TeotihuacanSecond class citizensSettled on an island in the center of Mexico cityAdopted a lot of Meso American themesRain godsArtistic styles--buildings designed as the face of a godInterested in gardeningEach division had to provide tribute to the hierarchyTenochtitlanBridge built into the cityAt war a lot and they would pull the bridges inIncaImmense administrative organization that unite the highlands and the lowlandsChile/Ecuador/PeruCentered in CuzcoConquered north and south of their centerInca AdministrationTaxesLaborImplemented labor taxesSpend a month building roads and storehousesRoadsGovernment facilitiesArmyHighland-lowland integrationWell organized, people had to learn their languageDrank a lot of beerHad breweriesDeveloped amazing stoneworkNorth American complex societies (3)SouthwestNew Mexico and ArizonaNorthwest coastWashington up to AlaskaSoutheasto Ohio river Valley down south to Louisiana and Mississippi Early Complex Societies- Hopewello Emphasis on mortuary traditiono More a ceremonial complex than a political systemo Established some dominant themes for the Mississippian periodo Metallurgistso Find copper in the Great lakes and turn it into all kinds of formso Great carvers of wood Mississippian Period- Two models for emergenceo Conquest from the center outo Parallel emergence peer polities - All of these places were in trade with each other and being built at the same time- Pure polity integration model is the new one Mississippian Cities- Cahokia had over 100 mounds and a population of about 35,000- Know about Cahokia- Retainer burials- People are buried with the king so they can accompany him to the after life- Square house made of clay and straw- Twins that are slightly differently marketo Connects with native American oral traditions of mythologyo Gives sense that even though they are miles apart they had a sense of what was going on in Meso America- Also had round houses that were typical of an earlier time- Mound centers all the way down the Mississippio Thought from mound to mound you can see the next oneo Valley was continuously settled with far higher populations then than there