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Mesoamerican Art Vocabulary

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

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Mesoamerican Art Vocabulary

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  1. Olmec Maya Teotihuacan Veracruz Popol Vuh Palma Yolk Mesoamerican ArtVocabulary

  2. 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

  3. Olmec culture,Female ritual ballplayer figurine,Mexico,1500-1000 BCE

  4. Olmec, Colossal Head, 900-400 BCE

  5. Great Pyramid and ball court, La Venta, Olmec, ca. 1000-600 BCE

  6. View of Teotihuacan, Mexico, 350-650 CE

  7. Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan

  8. Temple of the Feathered Serpent, Teotihuacan, after 350

  9. Mayan Culture, Ball Court, Copan, 600-900 CE

  10. Mayan Culture, Popol Vuh Codex page

  11. Veracruz culture, Palma with God of Death, 700-900 CE

  12. Veracruz, Ball game yoke, 600-900 CE

  13. Bloodletting Ritual, Teotihuacan, 600-750

  14. Lintel with Vision of Lady Xok, Palenque, Mayan, after 681

  15. Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Mayan, late 7th century

  16. Cahokia, E. St. Louis, Illinois, 1150

  17. Great Serpent Mound, Ohio, ca. 1070

  18. Pueblo Bonito, New Mexico, 830-1250

  19. Hunter’s Mural, Nine Mile Canyon, Utah, 800-1300

  20. Earth Drawings, Nazca Plain, Peru, ca. 100 BCE-700 CE

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