Mesoamerica: A Brief Overview

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What is Mesoamerica? Have Mexicans and Central Americans ever accomplished anything important and meaningful? Are there any cultural continuities between the ancient Native peoples in Mesoamerica and their modern-day descendants?
This lecture is on Mesoamerican accomplishments and connections to modern day Mexicans and Central Americans. Provides a summary of the history, development, and nutritional aspects of corn and nixtamal. Points out distorted representations of ancient Mesoamericans and their descendants.

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@pakalhatuey9995 3 жыл бұрын

Profe - keep creating more content - por favor! Gracias!

@robertbarajas33 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting, last month I was in Mexico and my mother in law mentioned she had to purchase Nixtamal for pozole, I had never heard of that word. It blew my mind when it was brought up in this video!!! Thanks

@mexiconciencia5972 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Robert! Consider that your suegra in Mexico and many indigenous people all over the continent use nixtamal. Corn is one of the quintessential elements found throughout Native America. Our Mohawk friends in Canada also use nixtamal in their own type of corn soup similar to Mexican pozole. Here's more information from our cousins to the North. www.fnha.ca/wellness/sharing-our-stories/food-is-medicine-mohawk-corn-and-complex-carbohydrates

@anthonylezama1645 3 жыл бұрын

4:29 that part, to me has always been fascinating. Teotihuacan was truly the axis mundi of the Aztec empire, a remarkable feat of human intellect, enlightening video!

@anthonylezama1645 3 жыл бұрын

and as an answer to your concluding question, i definitely see echoes of mesoamerican way of life whenever id pass through local markets. They call them "Tianguis" which i believe is a derivative of a more ancient nahual term.

@razatimes 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative. Roger Ramirez informed me . Good to see your work Dr. Miguel Gutierrez.....would like to send you an invitation to come home (or possibly a Virtual visit ) to celebrate with us the birth of Mestizaje, August 13th, (2021) 500 A.C. (After Conquest). The MAHSM is organizing a event to commemorate this historic benchmark. C/S.