https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5 There you can find eight of the some similars traits that the Mesoamerican cultures had in common BIBLIOGRAPHY : https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-americas/beginners-guide-art-of-the-americas/mesoamerica-beginner/a/mesoamerica-an-introduction https://www.thecollector.com/mesoamerican-civilization/ https://www.historyonthenet.com/the-maya-concept-of-beauty en-us 2023-02-23 19:15:54 UTC 2025-10-16 16:25:23 UTC hello@padlet.com a01760826 https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493039743 In the Mesoamerican culture, the Rebus writing was common among many groups. It can be called rebus writing but also pictographic, ideographic, or picture writing.
Only Maya used a kind of a writing system like we are doing nowadays. 
-> This is interesting for me because not only because to write is very important to communicate but also because all of them  were artists. That changes in our society in which to write is academic and kind of the opposite with the arts. For them, it was a mix of these two. ]]> 2023-02-23 19:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493039743 a01760826 https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493055318 Based on the numbering system, they were using two different calendars. 
The first one the 260-day calendar was a ritual calendar, with 20 months of 13 days.
The other one was based on the sun, it was called the 365-day calendar. It had 18 months of 20 days, with five “extra” nameless days at the end. It was the count of time used for agriculture.
Every 52 years the calendars were completed a full cycle, and during this time special rituals commemorated the cycle.
These cycles were understood as life cycles, and so reflect creation, death, and rebirth. 
--> It's very important for me because during December as I was visiting the Yucatan and Chichén Itzá I was everytime seeing mesoamericano calendars (to sell) and I was wondering what was the goal of this one. Now, I know that it was most of all used for the agriculture and life cycles. ]]> 2023-02-23 19:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493055318 a01760826 https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493063102 Deities had important roles across Mesoamerica. 
They were a storm/rain god and a feathered serpent deity.
Even if they were sharing the same gods, the name of this one depended of each culture. 
For examples while for the Mexico, the storm/rain god was known as Tlaloc, the Maya referred to their storm/rain deity as Chaac. 
However, the representation was most of the time the same. For the storm/rain god it was often represented has goggle eyes and an upturned mouth.
-> With this information, we learn that in the Mesoamerican culture they were polytheist and that the gods were used most of all to help with the agriculture and the weather. ]]> 2023-02-23 19:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493063102 a01760826 https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493067658 The ballcourts were often located in a city’s sacred precinct, emphasizing the importance of the game. Solid rubber balls were passed between players (no hands allowed only with the hips), with the goal of hitting them through markers. 
-> As I visited this year some archeological site, I saw ballgame field with little hole very high and I'm still chock when we talk about this game because it seems so hard to play with hits ! 

]]> 2023-02-23 19:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493067658 a01760826 https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493073407 Before the Spanish invasion, mesoamerican people had their own techniques and their own type of food. 
Historians said that they began their agricultural activities by the Pre-Formative (7000 BC), using simple tools. For the food, they were eating corn, chili, beans, and even squash.
-> It's important for me because one of the first cultural chock that I had when I came here in Mexico was with the food. I was chocked about the amount of corn that people are eating here. Also, I discovered a lot of new foods like frijoles because we don't have it in France !]]> 2023-02-23 19:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493073407 a01760826 https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493080885 In the Mesoamerican cultures, they didn’t use wheels because they were no big animals to tow them.
-> It's very interesting because in our society living without wheels seems unbelievable (cars...) so with this example, we can certify the technological progress.

]]> 2023-02-23 19:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493080885 a01760826 https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493086937 The architectural features appreciated in their buildings were determined by mythological or religious meanings, and their designs were aligned with astral events. They were also constructing pyramids based on the outline of the mountains or the nature (like in Teohtihuacan). 
Moreover, some pyramids were constructed for rituals.  
->It's very interesting because it changes a lot with our architectural building nowadays which are built only to be practical, minimalist and to let space. At the time it was a different symbol of architectural beauty based on the religion and the nature.  So for me, I think we have to take example of this culture and the relation that they had with nature. ]]> 2023-02-23 20:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493086937 a01760826 https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493093830 The Maya found an elongated head attractive and to do that they were doing a process called trepanning. To do it, parents flattened the newborn baby’s soft skull so the forehead sloped up and backward.
-> In Europe, when we talk about elongated head, we directly think about Mesoamerican people so this process permits them to be easily recognizable. Also, for me it's interesting because it seems unbelievable to put pression on a baby's head due to what we say that we don't have to touch baby's head. ]]> 2023-02-23 20:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/a01760826/5kzvlld5l0jk2vd5/wish/2493093830