Indigenous Americas
“Few romances can ever surpass that of the granite citadel on top of the beetling precipices of Machu Picchu, the crown of Inca Land.” - Hiram Bingam
Major CivilizationsAndes Civilizations
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History
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Additional Resources Sun Stone (Calendar Stone)
Olmec style mask (Heilbrunn Timeline) Mesa Verde cliff dwellings (National Park website) Mesa Verde video (Smithsonian) Great Serpent Mound (Ancient Earthworks site) Also, watch the video below for the Great Serpent Mound Read more on Chavin de Huantar by Standford Universtity National Geographic: BBC Aztec History National Geographic: The Maya: Lost Civilization Machu Picchu by National Geographic Ghosts of Machu Picchu documentary by Nova Video describing the City of Cusco Visit the National Museum of the American Indian: Navajo Paintings Maria Martinez, 1972 documentary (26 minutes) Brooklyn Museum: painted elk hides Danielle Kay's dance presentation Smart History: South America before European colonization North America before European colonization |
Vocabulary1. Mesoamerica
2. pre-Columbian 3. effigy mound 4. earthwork 5. ashlar masonry 6. courses 7. comb roof 8. repousse |
Artworks ListSouth America
1. Chavin de Huantar - nose ornament - Lanzon Stela - Relief sculpture 2. Yaxchilan Structure 40 - Yaxchilan Lintel 25, structure 23 - Structure 33 3. Templo Mayor - The Coyolxauhqui - The Calendar Stone - Olmec-style mask 6. Ruler's feather headdress (Motecuhzoma II?) 7. City Cusco - Qorikancha - Walls at Saqsa Waman 8. Maize cobs 9. City of Machu Picchu - Observatory - Intihuatana Stone 10. All-T'oqapu tunic North America 11. Mesa Verde cliff dwellings 12. Serpent Mound 13. Transformation mask 14. Bandolier bag 15. Painted elk hide 16. Black on black ceramic vessel |
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