INDIGENOUS AMERICAS
(1000 B.C.E - 1980 C.E.)
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CONTENT: What do you see?
FORM: The details (what you see more exactly). How the artist delivers the content.
CONTEXT: Everything NOT observable.
FUNCTION: The intended purpose of the work.
Assignments:
READINGS: TBD
SNAPSHOT SHEET:
Indigenous Americas
Unit Sheet:
APAH 250 Images:
(From earlier Prehistoric unit):
3. Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine
10. Tlatilco female figurine
Chavin:
153. Chavin de Huantar
- Lanzon Stela
- relief sculpture
- nose ornament
Mayan:
155. Yaxchilan
- Lintel 25, Structure 23
- Structure 33
Teotihaucan - City of Teotihaucan
- Pyramid of the Sun
- Pyramid of the Moon
- Temple of the Feathered Serpent
Aztec:
157. Templo Mayor (main temple)
- The Coyolxauhqui Stone
- Calendar Stone
- Olmec-style mask
158. Motecuhzoma II - Ruler's feather
headdress
Inka:
159. City of Cusco plan
- curved Inka wall
- walls at Saqsa Waman
160. Maize cob
161. City of Machu Picchu
- observatory
- Intihuatana Stone
162. All-T'oqapu tunic
North America:
Southwest:
154. Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
166. Black-on-black ceramic vessel
Eastern Woodlands:
156. Great Serpent Mound
163. Bandolier Bag
Plains:
165. Painted Elk Hide
Northwest Coastal:
164. Transformation Mask
Indigenous Americas
Unit Sheet:
North American Cultural Regions
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Major Civilizations
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Olmec (1200-400 BCE) Mexico
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Teotihuacan (1 BCE- 800 CE) Near Mexico City
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Mayan (300-900 CE)Belize, Gautemala, Honduras, Yucatan
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Nazca (200-600 CE) Coastal Peru
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Moche (1-700 CE) Coastal Peru
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Anasazi (550-1400 CE) American Southwest
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Mississippian (800-1500 CE) Eastern United States
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Aztecs (1400-1521) Central Mexico
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Inca (1400-1521) Peru (no writing but a kept a record system, khipu)
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NW Coast Native American (18th c- present) Pacific NW
