Indigenous Americas

Chapters 14 & 30

Chavin de Huantar. Northern highlands, Peru. Chavin. 900-200 BCE. Stone (architectural complex); granite (Lanzon and sculpture); hammered gold alloy (jewelry).

Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. Montezuma County, Colorado. Anasazi. 450-1300 CE. Sandstone.

Yaxhilan. Chiapas, Mexico. Maya. 725 CE. Limestone (architectural complex). Structure 40 (top), Structure 33 (bottom), lintel 25, structure 33

Great Serpent Mound. Adams County, southern Ohio. Missippian (Eastern Woodlands). C. 1070 CE. Earthwork / effigy mound.

Templo Mayor (main Temple). Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City, Mexico). Mexica (Aztec). 1375-1520 CE. Stone (temple); volcanic stone (The Coyolxauhqui Stone); Jadette (Olmec-style mask); basalt (calendar stone).

Silver and gold maize cobs. Inca. C. 1400-1533 CE. Sheet metal/ repousee, gold and silver alloys.

Ruler’s feather headdress (probably of Motecuhzoma II), Mexica (Aztec. 1428-1520 CE. Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold.)

City of Cusco, including Coricancha (main temple/church and convent of Santo Domingo) and Walls of Saqusa Waman. Central Highlands, Peru. Inca. C. 1440 CE. Sandstone.

City of Machu Picchu. Central highlands, Peru. Inca. C. 1450-1540 CE. Granite (architectural complex).

All-T’oqapu tunic. Inca. 1450-1540. Camelid fiber and cotton.

Bandolier bag. Lenape (eastern Delaware) tribe. C 185- CE. Beadwork on leather.

Transformation mask. Kwakiutl, Northwest coast of Canada. Late 19th century CE. Wood, paint, and string.

Hide painting of Sun Dance. Attributed to Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody), Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. C 1890-1900 CE. Painted Elk Hide.

Black-on-black ceramic vessel. Maria Martinez and Julian Martinez, Tewa, Puebloan, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. C. mid 20th century CE. Blackware ceramic.