Compare and contrast the depictions of Maya/Mesoamerican society from the provided film clips.
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?
Use all of the following video clips and articles in the 500 word / 2-page paper. Make sure to use the proved citations for in-text citation of the film clips and articles.
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. (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.
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.
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.
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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