Looking for Clues at Copan

This assignment serves to introduce you to the "bare bones" of archaeology and to offer an opportunity for the student to draw inferences from the historical record. Begin by going to This site follow the links provided from that site and answer three questions, two of which are posed on that Web site: 1. Why did Copan collapse?, 2. Was the end a gradual decline or a rapid fall? Support your conclusions with cold, hard facts. The third question is, On a scale of one to 10, how confident are you of your answers? There is an ambiguity in this question. The response is NOT "How certain am I that I interpreted the record as presented by other archaeologists/historians?", but HOW CERTAIN AM I THAT THEIR ANSWERS, AND HENCE MINE, ARE CORRECT?