mesoamerican art vocabulary
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Olmec Maya Teotihuacan Veracruz Popol Vuh Palma Yolk. Mesoamerican Art Vocabulary. Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Art. Olmec culture: 1200 BCE, peaked around 500 BCE. Region of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Mesoamerican Art
Vocabulary
• Olmec• Maya • Teotihuacan• Veracruz• Popol Vuh• Palma• Yolk
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Art
• Olmec culture: 1200 BCE, peaked around 500 BCE. Region of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador
• Mayan Culture: 3000 BC, peaked 250-900 CE. Region of Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador
• Teotihuacan, Mexico: 100 BC-750 CE Peaked between 2nd-3rd centuries CE with a population of over 200,000 people
• Aztec culture: 1325-1519 CE
Olmec culture,Female ritual
ballplayer figurine,Mexico,
1500-1000 BCE
Olmec, Colossal Head, 900-400 BCE
Great Pyramid and ball court, La Venta, Olmec, ca. 1000-600 BCE
View of Teotihuacan, Mexico, 350-650 CE
Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan
Temple of the Feathered Serpent, Teotihuacan, after 350
Mayan Culture, Ball Court, Copan, 600-900 CE
Mayan Culture, Popol Vuh Codex
page
Veracruz culture, Palma with God of Death, 700-900 CE
Veracruz, Ball game yoke, 600-900 CE
Bloodletting Ritual, Teotihuacan, 600-750
Lintel with Vision of Lady Xok, Palenque, Mayan, after 681
Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Mayan, late 7th century
Cahokia, E. St. Louis, Illinois, 1150
Great Serpent Mound, Ohio, ca. 1070
Pueblo Bonito, New Mexico, 830-1250
Hunter’s Mural, Nine Mile Canyon, Utah, 800-1300
Earth Drawings, Nazca Plain, Peru, ca. 100 BCE-700 CE