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    COLLEGE/DEPARTMENT: DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE


    SUBJECT: AR 114 HOA 1C
    TIME SCHEDULE: Lecture: 2:10 PM – 3:30PM Monday
    Room 322

    RESEARCH WORK NO.: MIDTERM PLATE NO. 01


    RESEARCH WORK TITLE: PRE CLASSIC ARCHITECTURE: PYRAMIDS
    RESEARCH WORK DUE: Oct. 02, 2023

    Reference/s:

    Web Source:
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_pyramids
    https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldcivilization/chapter/the-preclassic-period-of-the-
    maya/
    https://www.hisour.com/mesoamerican-pyramids-29375/amp/

    STUDENT: BALINGOAY- JANSEL LIANNE R.


    INSTRUCTOR: Ar. Arthur Paran Jr. UAP

    I.
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    The Preclassic period is the first of the three periods in Mayan history, coming before the
    Classic and Postclassic periods. It extended from the emergence of the first settlement sometime
    between 2000 and 1500 BCE until 200 CE. The Preclassic period saw the rise of large-scale
    ceremonial architecture, writing, cities, and states. Many of the distinctive elements of Mesoamerican
    civilization can be traced back to this period, including the dominance of corn, the building of
    pyramids, human sacrifice, jaguar worship, the complex calendar, and many of the gods.

    Though the exact starting date of Mayan civilization in unclear, there were Mayan language
    speakers in the Southern Maya Area by 2000 BCE. It appears that around this time, the Maya people
    began to transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a culture based around agricultural villages.

    II.
    The Preclassic, also known as greater Mesoamerica as the Formative, has been divided into
    three logical time periods, the Early. Middle, and Late. The earliest Maya came into the Belize and
    adjacent tropical lowland areas as farmers before 2000 BC, but did not appear in the archaeological
    record for nearly a millennium. The early Preclassic Period marks the beginning of agriculture.The
    earliest evidence for burning the civilization of maize dates to well before 2000 BC in the Peten of
    Guatamala. The lake core sediments record the beginnings of human manipulation of the
    environment. These sediments show systematic, probably annual, burnings, and the increase in
    grasses shows indications of human intrusions.

    Mesoamerican pyramids form a prominent part of ancient Mesoamerican architecture.


    Although similar in some ways to Egyptian pyramids, these New World structures have flat tops
    (many with temples on the top) and stairs ascending their faces. The largest pyramid in the world by
    volume is the Great Pyramid of Cholula, in the east-central Mexican state of Puebla. The builders of
    certain classic Mesoamerican creation myths, ritualistic sacrifice, etc. Written in the form of Maya
    script on the rises of the steps of the pyramids, on the walls, and on the sculptures contains within.

    III.
    Although similar to shape or form, these
    structures bear only a very weak
    architectural resemblance to Egyptian
    pyramids. The Mesoamerican examples are
    usually step pyramids with temples on top -
    more akin to the ziggurats of Mesopotamia
    than the pyramids of Ancient Egypt.

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