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Art and Architecture of Mesoamerica and SouthAmerica

Pre-Columbian and Post Columbus Period

Geographic Area Yucatan Peninsula, MexicoCentral AmericaPeru

Mexican/Mesoamerican CulturesCultures Dates Major SitesOlmec 1500-250 BC San Lorenzo, LaVenta, Las LimasTeotihuacan 250 BC-250 AD City of the GodsMayan 600-900 AD Palenque, Tikal, Copan,BonampakChichen Itza 900-1200 AD (late Mayan)Toltec 900-1200 AD TulaMixteca 1200-1521 ADAztec 1200-1521 AD Tenochitlan

Andean Cultures (Peru)Huaca Prieta 3000-1800 BCChavin 1800-800 BC Chavin de HuantarParacasMoche 200-600 ADTiahuanaco 400-800 AD (Tiwanaku)

Chimu, Sican 1400-1472 AD Chan ChanInca 1463-1532 AD Machu Picchu, Cuzco

Terms, people, themesMesoamerican BallgameMesoamerican numbering systemRitual Calendar systemTlaloc Teotihuacan Rain GodCinnabar Reddish toxic ground material found asdecorationShamanism (Shaman) Witch or Medicine Doctor

Quetzacoatl Feathered serpent found at TeotihuacanBallcourts Large open areas where the Ballgames wereplayedChac Mool Sculptural statue used for bloodlettingceremoniesAtlantean warriors/atlantids Columns configured in the sculpturalshape of warriorsCuac Monster Monster Image found at Teotihuacan


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TextilesGeoglyphs Lines expressed through digging areas in theearthTalud/Tablero Mesoamerican form of templeconstruction

Yucatan Peninsula Encapsulating parts of Mexico and BelizeAndes Mountain range along western coast of South AmericaJaguar, Harpey Eagle Animal motifs within Mesoamericanimages

Maps of Central and South America (2)

MESOAMERICAN Cultures:

OlmecLa Venta

Colossal Heads basalt

Burial Offering (granite and greenstone)

Ruler emerging from Cave Altar/Thone

Great Pyramid and Ball Court

Reconstruction of La Venta

San Lorenzo

Colossal Head w/Jaguar Paws

Kunz Axe greenstone

Las Limas

Youth holding Rain Deity in his Lap greenstone(Madonna and Child)

Teotihuacan (Teotihuacan is culture and site)

Plan of site

Street of the Dead, looking North toward Cerro Gordo

Talud/Tablero Quetzacoatl and Tlaloc

Avenue of the Dead

Pyramid of the Sun and Pyramid of the Moon

Mayan (others are Copan and Bonampak)Palenque:

Temple of the Inscriptions (2 views)


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Sarcophagus of Pakal-Being swallowed by skeletal JawsTikal:

Funerary temple, Temple I

Chichen Itza Plan

Castle from the Northeast (Castillo)

Temple of the Warriors (1000 Columns)

Reliefs from Ball court (Victors sacrificing losers)

Chacmools stone

ToltecTula

Atlantean Columns, Pyramid BAztecTenochitlan

Founding of Tenochitlan, From the Codex Mendoza

Coatlique Goddess Sculpture

Stone of Tizoc-Calendar Stone

Ceramic Eagle Warrior

ANDEAN Cultures:

Paracas:

Block style Mantle with Flying Shaman Motifs

Nasca:

Geoglyphs (Nasca Lines)

Moche:

Vessel with Warrior Head

Vessel of an Animal

IncaMachu Picchu

View of Machu Picchu

You have a quiz in two weeks.

Our Cathedral trip will be on Sunday April 17th.

If you need help with your paper, let me know. Remember, youneed to have a receipt stapled to your paper if you went solo tothe Museum.

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