Art and Architecture of Mesoamerica and South America Pre-Columbian and Post Columbus Period

Geographic Area Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Central America Peru Mexican/Mesoamerican Cultures Cultures Dates Olmec 1500-250 BC Venta, Las Limas Teotihuacan 250 BC-250 AD Mayan 600-900 AD Bonampak Chichen Itza 900-1200 AD Toltec 900-1200 AD Mixteca 1200-1521 AD Aztec 1200-1521 AD Andean Cultures (Peru) Huaca Prieta 3000-1800 BC Chavin 1800-800 BC Paracas Moche 200-600 AD Tiahuanaco 400-800 AD Chimu, Sican 1400-1472 AD Inca 1463-1532 AD Major Sites San Lorenzo, La City of the Gods Palenque, Tikal, Copan, (late Mayan) Tula Tenochitlan

Chavin de Huantar (Tiwanaku) Chan Chan Machu Picchu, Cuzco

Terms, people, themes Mesoamerican Ballgame Mesoamerican numbering system Ritual Calendar system Tlaloc Teotihuacan Rain God Cinnabar Reddish toxic ground material found as decoration Shamanism (Shaman) Witch or Medicine Doctor Quetzacoatl Feathered serpent found at Teotihuacan Ballcourts Large open areas where the Ballgames were played Chac Mool Sculptural statue used for bloodletting ceremonies Atlantean warriors/atlantids Columns configured in the sculptural shape of warriors Cuac Monster Monster Image found at Teotihuacan

Textiles Geoglyphs earth Talud/Tablero construction Yucatan Peninsula Andes South America Jaguar, Harpey Eagle images

Lines expressed through digging areas in the Mesoamerican form of temple Encapsulating parts of Mexico and Belize Mountain range along western coast of Animal motifs within Mesoamerican

Maps of Central and South America (2) MESOAMERICAN Cultures: Olmec La 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)

 Sarcophagus of Pakal-Being swallowed by skeletal Jaws Tikal: 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 Toltec Tula Atlantean Columns, Pyramid B Aztec Tenochitlan 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 Inca Machu 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, you need to have a receipt stapled to your paper if you went solo to the Museum.