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Meso-America 1500 BCE - 1500 CE
Olmec 1200-900 bce flourishedJaguar
Teotihuacan 350-650 CE flourishedPyramid of the Sun, Moon & Queltzalcoatl (Feathered Serpent)Tlaloc
Maya 1100 BC-1500 CE flourishedBall courtBonampak c. 790 CEChichen Itza800-1000CECaracol TempleCastillo PyramidBall CourtChacmool – Jaguar King
Aztec1300-1525 CE flourishedGoddess of the Moon Coyolxauhqui
Art of the Americas – Pre-ColumbianMeso America & The Andes 1500 BCE-1500 CE
Olmec 1200-900 BCE
Meso-America Ball Court Begins with Olmec (figure R)Similar to this one at Monte Alban (Teotihuacan)
La Venta Heads#1 left
#4 below
850-700 BCE
Tres Zapotes Head, Vera CruzLa Venta # 3
Jaguar – top South American Predator
Olmec Jaguar
Olmec Seated Jaguar (were jaguar)San Lorenzo c. 1200-900 BCE 35”
Block-like formJaguar merged with human child = were-jaguar
Olmec were jaguars
Obsidian, jadestone
OLMECSeated Female Figure with Mirror Ornament.La Venta, Mexico. Jade & hematitel
Crawling baby, ceramic, hollow700-500 BC.
Teotihuacan c. 350 CEOnce identified as Mayan
View of Pyramid of Sun from Pyramid of Moonc. 350 BCE
Pyramid of the MoonTeotihuacan c. 350 BCE
Temple of Quelzalcoatle (Feathered Serpent) at Teotihuacan c. 300 bce80 warrior skelatons found beneath temple
Qelzalcoatl (feathered serpent) & Tlaloc (rain god)
Map of Maya Empire c1100 bce- 1500 CE
Mayan Lord 6th wood – Mayan Lords stone reliefs (Palenque top)
Maya Leiden Plate Jade 8 ½”
Mayan ball court Copan c. 800 bce
Mayan ball players
Maya Bonampak Murals c. 790 CE reconstructed3 rooms at temple site in Chiapas
Room 2 below R aftermath of battle Aug. 6th 792 ce
Bonampak 792
“Borgia” Codex 14-15th century
Moon Goddess Maya, clayMaize god, Palenque stone 750 ce
Maya Chitzen Itza c. 800-1300 CETemple (caracol), castillo top L & warrior temple top R
Chitzen Itza 800-1300 CETemple of the Warriors
Chocmool (Jaguar King) 3’6” high
Castillo aka Temple of Kukulcan (Feathered Serpent)Name of King who founded Chichen Itza 9-13th centuries
Chitzen Itza Ball Court 9-13th
Invaders of Chitzen Itza – the Toltecs? C. 800 & later Aztecs c. 1400 occupy site
Aztec Calendar of Sun15th century, stone
COATLICUEAztec Mother Goddess,
Grandmother, Lady of the Serpent , Earth Goddess
Gives birth to sun, moon, all celestial beings
Aztec Moon Goddess Coyolxauhqui 15th century 88”
diameterBrother Huitzilopochtil kills sister for beheading mother
Aztec Eagle Warrior, clay 15th century 67”
Aztec sacrifice of captives
Spanish Conquistador vs Aztec Eagle Warrior 15th century
Diego Rivera mural 20th Eagle Warrior & Conquistador
Aztec Huitzilopochtli (blue hummingbird obsidian knife God of Sun?)
R leg olmec fish monster (top) dragon below)
Olmec were-jaguar
Stela 11Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala
200-50 BCGranite
198.1 x 67.9 x 18.1 cmMuseo Nacional de
Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City.
MAYAStela 11
Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala200-50 BC
Granite198.1 x 67.9 x 18.1 cm
Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología,
Guatemala City.
MAYAMaize God
Plate Portraying Enthroned King.Maya Area. AD 200-400. Ceramic with pigment. Diameter
approx. 28 cm.The Art Institution, New York