Pomona College Ancient Cultures Home Page

Mayan ceremonial figure with headdress. The Mayans recreated in sculpture, writing and architecture their gods, in an orderly structure which mirrored the organization of the universe. (From the Mayan Epigraphic Database Project of the University of Virginia).

Overview of the Multicultural Cosmology World Wide Web Page

Welcome to the Pomona College Cosmology Computer Arcturus, a Macintosh Quadra 840AV running Mac OS. On this site the ID 1 class will assemble a unique academic resource, which will include detailed reports on the nature of six different societies, and their cosmology. The societies covered include the major cultures of the Western hemisphere, including three separate units on Native American cultures from Alaska, the Plains, and the Southwest USA, as well as information on the Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas.

Reports on the Major Ancient American Cultures

For each of the cultures below, the ID1 Course of Dr. Penprase prepared essays and provided images to create this resource center on ancient cultures. The essays and images were gathered together and reformatted into HTML to allow for WWW access. The project was part of a collaborative writing assignment on ancient cultures.

Sample Preliminary Documents

During the next week, we will assemble the documents needed to construct our home page as part of an assigment of the ID 1 class. Here are some preliminary documents submitted so far.

Description of Eskimo/Inuit Culture

Outline of Aztec Culture

Outline of Aztec History

Outline of Aztec Climate

Description of the Maya Culture

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Canyon de Chelly in Northern Arizona, home to the Anasazi and Hopi tribes. From a photograph by Ansel Adams.

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