Welcome to Edzna, our last archaeological site of the semester. The joy of this site is that it is so far off the usual tourist track that what few visitors there are can climb to their heart's content which was one of the reasons this site was included in the visit. Needless to say, my students took one look at this main temple and were not seen again until it was time to leave. They had an absolutely wonderful time.
Here they are searching for ways to scale the very top of the temple. Luckily for the temple, there was no way up.
Edzna had not been discussed in the civ class so the group arrived with no prior knowledge; we did not have a formal guided tour. Most of their time at the site was spent on this highest temple. When asked as we were leaving, how they would describe Edzna if, as a wild example, they were given a bonus question on their final civ test, there was at first a lot of moaning and groaning about how the site wasn't covered in class, no tour, etc. "How are we supposed to know anything about this site?" And then one student threw out an observation that was followed by another and then another. They talked about public vs. private space, probable type of government based on the layout of the site, the geographical orientation of the site, the meaning of the very small ball court, the architectural style of the main buildings, the glyphs, and the probable Maya period to which this site belonged. I was proud of them, but, most importantly, they were proud of themselves.
Here they are searching for ways to scale the very top of the temple. Luckily for the temple, there was no way up.
Edzna had not been discussed in the civ class so the group arrived with no prior knowledge; we did not have a formal guided tour. Most of their time at the site was spent on this highest temple. When asked as we were leaving, how they would describe Edzna if, as a wild example, they were given a bonus question on their final civ test, there was at first a lot of moaning and groaning about how the site wasn't covered in class, no tour, etc. "How are we supposed to know anything about this site?" And then one student threw out an observation that was followed by another and then another. They talked about public vs. private space, probable type of government based on the layout of the site, the geographical orientation of the site, the meaning of the very small ball court, the architectural style of the main buildings, the glyphs, and the probable Maya period to which this site belonged. I was proud of them, but, most importantly, they were proud of themselves.
2 comments:
Senor Snell and Thiede would be proud of you, senorita!
Muy Bien!
Barbara Ann
I don't know if "proud" is the word..."shocked" is more like it!
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