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N: Chavin de Huántar D: 900-200 B.C.E P/S: Chavin A: Unknown OL: Northern highlands, Peru P: N/A M/T: stone, granite, gold alloy F: ritual DT: temple, lanzon C: stone meant to resemble deity of harvest, shape of digging tool, libations, pilgrimages, Andes Mountains, 10,000 ft, cult |
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N: Mesa Verde cliff dwellings D: 450-1300 C.E. P/S: Ancestral Pueblo A: various women OL: Montezuma County, Colorado P: N/A M/T: sandstone F: dwellings and ritual DT: Mesa verde cliff palace, kiva (circular, subterranean rooms w/ wood roofs), sipapu (small hole for ceremony) C: Pueblo tribes in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah (four corners), handprints, fingerprints, 125 people (vs. 600-1200 in other pueblo villages), Adobe>stone brick in 1200s, murals, pottery, why cliffs?, why abandoned? |
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N: Yaxchilán D: 725 C.E. P/S: Mayan A: Unknown OL: Chiapas, Mexico P: rulers of the city M/T: limestone F: ritual DT: lintel, bloodletting high relief C: series of lintels, hallucination stage of blood letting ritual, Lady K'ab'al Xook, King shiled jaguar the great maya ritual, sacrifice
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N: great serpent mound D: 1070 C.E. P/S: Adena A: N/A OL: Montezuma county, Colorado P: N/A M/T: earthworks, effigy mound F: spiritual (power of snakes and lizards), celestial DT: serpent motif, celestial C: 1,300 ft, many other destroyed, head points to summer solstice sunrise, Haley's comet appeared in 1066 (so did fort ancient culture rebuild it?), much debate about over this mound |
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N: Tempo Mayor D: 1375-1502 C.E. P/S: Aztec A: N/A OL: Tenochtitlan, Mexico P: Montezuma M/T: stone, (volcabic, basalt) F: rituals, religious, honor gods DT: axis mundi, talatoani, serpent heads, chacomool, sacrifice stone C:Located in the sacred precinct at the heart of the city, the Templo Mayor was positioned at the center of the Mexica capital and thus the entire empire. The capital was also divided into four main quadrants, with the Templo Mayor at the center. This design reflects the Mexica cosmos, which was believed to be composed of four parts structured around the navel of the universe, or the axis mundi. |
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N: rulers feather headdress D: 1428-1520 P/S: Aztec A: N/A OL: Mexica P: Montezuma M/T: feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold F: ruler's headdress DT: headdress C: Quetzal, continga, attributed to Monteaolzoma ruler's life |
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N: city of cusco D: 1440-1533 C.E.; convent added 1550-1650 C.E. P/S: Inka A: Unknown OL: central highlands, peru P: King, people M/T: Andesite F: Temple, religion, economy, civic DT: Hanan, Hurin, temple, masonry, shrine C: center of Inka, capital city, shrines, temples, sun god, center of existence, masonry, coricancha (Qorikancha), Saqsa Wayman, house the dead (mummies of rulers) |
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N: maize cobs D: 1440-1533 C.E. P/S: Inka A: N/A OL: city of cusco P: N/A M/T: sheet metal/ repoussé, metal alloys F: mimic agricultural (not able to grow because of elevation), offering to sun god DT: realism, not abstract C: in the garden of the temple of the sun (coricancha), life size representation, finest objects in the temple of the sun, offerings to sun god, same part of Inka empire could not grow |
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N: City of Machu Picchu D: 1450-1540 C.E. P/S: Inka A: N/A OL: central highlands, Peru P: Pachacuti Inka Yupanqui (first Inka Emperor) M/T: Granite F: Royal estate, ritual, ceremonies, religious, civic DT: Terrance, apus, mountain saddle, shrines, rock outcrops, masonry C: Royal "palace" of first Inka Emperor. 3 days walk from capital (cusco), housing for elites, maintenance staff, religious shrines, carved rock outcrops, observatory, masonry for earthquakes |
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N: All T'oqapu tunic D: 1450-1540 P/S: Inka A: Acillas (chosen women) OL: Cusco P: nobles of Hanan class M/T: Camelid fiber and cotton, loom F: religious rituals DT: Abstract, fine cloth C: Allas (chosen women) from across the empire, also made chicha (corn beer for rituals) |
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N: Bandolier bag D: 1850 C.E. P/S: Lenope A: Various women OL: Delaware P: N/A M/T: Beadwork in leather F: carrying bag (tools, food, other supplies) DT: beadwork, glass beads, geometric vs. floral (organic) C: Great Lakes and east coast, men wore, women made European influence (soldiers bags), glass beads traded w/ European replaced dyed porcupine quill designs, northeast style, prairie style, tribes forcibly relocated, still worn today |
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N: Transformation mask D: Late 19 th century C.E. P/S: Kwakwaka'wakw A: Various OL:northwest coast of Canada P: clans M/T: wood, paint, and string F: ritual, honoring ancestors DT: mask C: Transformation Mask at the Brooklyn Museum (below) shows a Thunderbird, but when opened it reveals a human face flanked on either side by two lightning snakes called sisiutl, and with another bird below it and a small figure in black above it. |
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N: Painted elk hide D: 1890-1900 C.E. P/S: N/A A: Cadzi, Cody OL: Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming P: Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody) M/T: painted elk hide F: depiction of ritual, Shoshone life DT: sun wolf, Grass Dance, Tipi, domestic horse, sacred buffalo, animal hide C: like petroglyphs, hide painting traditions, Cotsiogo's life (put on a reservation, saw great change in his culture, wind River Reservation, several sacred dances (sun, wolf, grass), men abstained from eating and drinking during rituals, US banned dance until 1935 (attempted to eliminate traditional culture), sacred buffalo, introduction of horses |
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N: Black-on-black ceramic vessel D: mid 20th century C.E. P/S: Pueblo A: Maria Martinez & Julian Martinez OL: New Mexico P: active peoples M/T: Blackware ceramic F: utilitarian storage DT: back slip, different textures C: successful ceramicist, sold her pots to make money, female artist, signed her name, used the money to help her community.she formed pots (others did designs), designs = feathers, rivers, corn, rain clouds, Fine Arts: Pueblo Style, Art Deco |
