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13 Cards in this Set
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colossal head, La Venta, Mexico, Olmec Culture |
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Teotihuacan, Mexico. Pyramid of Moon in foreground, Pyramid of Sun in Top Left and Citadel in background. all connected by the avenue of the Dead, 50-250 CE |
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The Maya |
Mainly from the Yucatan Peninsula and GUatemala. CUlture begins about 1000 BCE and flourishes during the CLassic period between 250 and 900 CE, Calendar and writing system, maya language still spoken |
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Maya ball court, players put to death, hard rubber ball or maybe a human head. |
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Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc, Maya, Yaxchilan, Mexico ca 725 CE. Limestone, British Museum, London |
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Chichen itza, castillo with Chacmool in foreground |
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The Founding of Tenochtitlan, 1540sCE, Aztec |
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The Mother Goddess, Coatlicue, c 1500 CE |
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Machu Pichu (Inca), architecture, 15th-16th century CE, |
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geoglyph, nazca plain, southwest peru, nazca culture HUGE |
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Great Serpent Mound, Adams County Ohio, c 1070 CE, huge, |
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Pueblo Bonito, ancestral home |
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Cliff palace, |
