HIS 118 GCCCD The Maya Pseudo Archaeology and Hollywood Discussion

Description

Film Analysis

The Maya, pseudo-archaeology, and Hollywood

Directions:

Compare and contrast the depictions of Maya/Mesoamerican society from the provided film clips. Make sure to include all of the required videos and required articles in the paper.

What are the negative aspects of the depiction in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and History Channel’s Ancient Aliens? How does the depiction in Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever and Engineering an Empire challenge these stereotypes?

Required Video Clips:

Ancient Aliens: MAYAN ARTIFACTS PROVE ALIEN VISITATION (Season 14), History Channel, Apr 25, 2020

Use (Hist) for in-text citation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnundFKmMXgLinks to an external site. play overlay (3:30 minutes)

Aliens & archaeology: why do we get history wrong on purpose? | Sarah Kurnick

TEDx Talk, Nov 3, 2020

Use (Kurnick) for in-text citation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAdFr5FOzGk&t=507sLinks to an external site. play overlay

0-3:20, 5:22-8:24, 11:15-12:20 (7 minutes)

Engineering an Empire: The Maya (24:30 minutes)

Use (Empire) for in-text citation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE65Y8-CvQsLinks to an external site. play overlay

Palenque 11:30-28:06

Chichen Itza 32:30-35:08, 35:50-39:27

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Clip

Use (Crystal Skull) for in-text citation.

https://youtu.be/ruUR24-xY2ULinks to an external site. play overlay

Required Articles

Project Archaeology: Let’s Go to the Movies! Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Use (Project) for in-text citation.

https://projectarchaeology.org/2021/01/29/lets-go-to-the-movies-indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/Links to an external site.

The Mesoamerican Influence Behind Namor from ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

Use (Smithsonian) for in-text citation.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-mesoamerican-influences-behind-namor-from-black-panther-wakanda-forever-180981106/Links to an external site.

Inverse: Black Panther 2 is wading into the messing history of Atlantis

Use (Inverse) for in-text citation.

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/black-panther-2-messy-history-atlantis

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