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T- Chavin de Huantar A- unknown D- 900 - 200 BCE M/T- stone (architectural complex); granite (Lanzon and sculpture); hammered gold alloy (jewlery) P/S- Chavin OL- Northern Highlands, Peru P- n/a F- ritual DT- temple, lanzon C- stone meant to resemble deity of harvest, shape of digging tool, libations, pilgrimages, Andes Mountains, 10000 FT, cult |
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T- Mesa verde cliff dwellings A- various unknown D- 450 - 1300 CE M/T- sandstone P/S- Ancestral pueblo OL- colorado P- n/a F- Dwellings and ritual DT- Mesa, Verde, cliff palace, kiva(circular, subterranean rooms w/wood roof), sipapu (small hole forceremony) C- Pueblo tribes in Colorado, NewMexico, Arizona, Utah (four corners),handprints, finger prints, 125 people(vs. 600-1200 in other pueblovillages), adobe>stone brick in 1200s,murals, pottery, abandoned |
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T- Yaxchilan A- unknown D- 725 CE M/T- limestone P/S- mayan OL- chiapas, mexico P- rulers of the city F- ritual DT- lintel, blood letting, high relief C- series of lintels, hallucination stageof blood letting ritual, Lady K’ab’alXook, King Shiled Jaguar the great,Maya ritual, sacrifice |
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T- great serpent mound A- unknown D- 1070 CE M/T- earthwork/ effigy mound P/S- Adena OL- southern ohio, woodlands P- n/a F- spiritual (power of snakes andlizards), celestial DT- serpent motif, celestial C- 1,300 ft, many others destroyed,head points to summer solsticesunset, tail points to winter solsitcesunrise, Haley's comet appeared in1066 |
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T- Templo Mayor (main temple) A- unknown D- 1375 - 1520 CE M/T- stone (temple); volcanic stone (the Coyolxauhqui stone); jadeite (olmec-style mask); basalt (calendar stone) P/S- mexica (aztec) OL- Tenochtitlan P- montezuma F- Rituals, religious, honor gods DT- axis mundi, talatoani, serpentheads, chacmool, sacrificial stone C- capital city, 7 building phases,tlatoani (rulers, “speakers”), 4 parts toreflect the Mexica belief of the world,serpents, Ttlaloc Temple,Huitzilopochtli Temple, Coyolxauhqui monolith |
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T- Rulers feather headdress (probably of Motecuhzoma II) A- unknown D- 1428 - 1520 CE M/T- feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold P/S- Aztec OL- Mexico P- Motecuhzoma IIF- rulers headdress DT- headdress C- Quetzal, continga, attributed to Montecuhzoma, Ruler’s life |
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T- City of cusco, including Qorikancha (Inka main temple), Santo Domingo (spanish colonial convent), and Walls at Saqsa Waman (Sacsayhuaman) A- unknown D- c. 1440 CE; convent added 1550 - 1650 CE M/T- stone masonry P/S- Inka OL- Central Highlands, Peru P- king, people 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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T- Maize Cobs A- unknown D- 1440 - 1533 CE M/T- sheet metal/ repousse, metal alloys P/S- inka OL- Coricancha temple P- n/a F- Mimic agriculture (not able to growbecause of elevation), offerings to sungod DT- realism, not abstract C- in the garden of the temple of thesun (coricancha), life sizerepresenation, finest objects in thetemple of the sun, offerings to sungod, some parts of inka empire couldnot grow corn due to elevation.Spanish desired gold and silver aftercolonization |
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T- city of machu picchu A- unknown D- 1450 - 1540 CE M/T- granite (architectural complex) P/S- inka OL- central highlands, peru P- Pachacuti Inka Yupanqui (First InkaEmperor) F- Royal Estate, rituals, ceremonies,religious, civic DT- Terraced, apus, mountain saddle,shrines, rock outcrops, masonry C- Royal “palace” of first InkaEmporer. 3 days walk from capital(Cusco), housing for elites,maintenance staff, religious shrines,carved rock outcrops, Observatory,masonry for earthquakes |
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T- All-T'oqapu tunic A- Acllas (chosen women) D- 1450 - 1540 CE M/T- camelid fiber and cotton, loom P/S- inka OL- Cusco P- Nobles of Hanan class F- religious rituals DT- abstract, fine cloth C- Acllas (chosen women) from across the empire, also made chicha (corn beer for rituals) |
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T- Bandolier bag A- various women D- 1850 CE M/T- beadwork on leather P/S- lenape OL- delaware (woodlands tribe) P- n/a F- Carrying bag (tools, food, othersupplies) DT- beadwork, glass beads, geometricvs. floral (organic) C- Great Lakes and East Coast, menwore, women made, Europeaninfluence (soldier bags), glass beadstraded with Europeans, replaced dyedporcupine quill designs, NortheastStyle, Prairie style, Tribes forciblyrelocated, still worn today |
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T- Transformation mask A- various D- late 1800s M/T- wood, paint, string P/S- Kwakwaka’wakw OL- Canada P- clans F- ritual honoring ancestors DT- mask C- 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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T- painted elk hide A- Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody) D- 1890-1900 M/T- Elk Hide, natural pigments (laterdyes from trade) P/S- eastern shoshone OL- Wyoming P- n/a F- Depiction of ritual, Shoshone life DT- Sun, Wolf, Grass Dance, Tipi,domestic horse, sacred buffalo,animal hide C- like petroglyphs, hide paintingtradition, Cotsiogo’s life (put on areservation, saw great change in hisculture), Wind River Reservation,Several sacred dances (Sun, Wolf,Grass), men abstained from eatingand drinking during rituals, US BannedDance until 1935 (attempted toeliminate traditional culture), sacredbuffalo, introduction of horses |
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T- Black on black ceramic vessel A- maria and julian martinez D- mid - 20th century CE M/T- blackware ceramic, hand molded(no potting wheel), guaco P/S- pueblo OL- new mexico P- native peoples > Tourists F- Utilitarian storage>Aesthetic artpieces DT- black slip, different textures, firing(diff temps and material firedifferently), olla (pot) C- successful ceramicist, sold her potsto make money, female artist, signedher name, used her name to helpmake money for the community, sheformed pots (others did designs),designs= feathers, rivers, corn, rainclouds. Fine Art: Pueblo Style, ArtDeco |
