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Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc documents the central role that elite Maya women played in religious bloodletting rituals. Classic Maya ball games sometimes ended in human sacrifice, as shown on Stele D depicting a ruler with a double-headed serpent symbolizing his absolute power. At the Temple of the Giant Jaguar in the Yucatan, nine tiers symbolized the nine levels of the underworld.
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Abet05 americas
- 2. Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc Documents the central role that elite Maya women played in religious bloodletting rituals
- 3. Mesoamerican
- 4. Olmec and Preclassic West Mexico
- 5. Ceremonial ax, Olmec Votive offerings, celts, representing humananimal representations
- 7. Teotihuacan
- 8. Temple of Quetzalcoatl, Teotihuacan, Mexico Earliest representations of feathered-serpent god
- 9. Classic Maya Mayan Ball Courts Games sometimes ended in human sacrifice
- 10. Stele D portraying Ruler 13 Double-headed serpent bar, symbol of the sky and of his absolute power
- 11. Temple I (Temple of the Giant Jaguar) Nine tiers to symbolize the nine levels of the Underworld Ball player, from Jaina Island Shows a range of human types and activities
- 12. Presentation of captives to Lord Chan Muwan, Bonampak, Mexico
- 13. Classic Veracruz Pyramid of the Niches one of many Mesoamerican monuments connected with astronomy and the calendar
- 14. Postclassic Mexico Castillo, Chichen Itza, Mexico Temple to Kukulkan at the top. Casts a shadow in a shape of a serpent at specific times.
- 15. Colossal atlantids, Tula, Mexico Warriors armed with darts to reflect military regime of Toltecs
- 16. Intermdiate Area Pendant in the form of a batfaced man, Tairona People of the intermediate Area were expert goldsmiths. This pendant served as an amulet.
- 17. South America Raimondi Stele, Chavin de Huantar Shows the ability of the gods to transform themselves is a core aspect of Andean
- 18. Paracas, Nasca, and Moche Embroidered funerary mantle, Paracas Women mantles were used to wrap the bodies of the dead.
- 19. Bridge-spouted vessel with flying figures, Nasca Nasca won renown for their pottery, which usually have round bottoms, double spouts connected by bridges. Hummingbird, Nasca Figures on a gigantic scale but unsure of its function.
- 20. Ear ornament, Moche It depicts a Moche warrior priest and two retainers. The costume corresponds to actual finds.
- 21. Tiwanaku and Wari Gateway of the Sun, Tiwanaku Probably led into a sacred area. It was once painted, inlaid with turquoise, and covered with gold.
- 22. Lima Tapestry (tunic), Wari Wari textiles are tapestries with the motifs women directly into the fabric.
- 23. North America
- 24. Eskimo Burial mask, Ipiutak, Alaska This mask consists of 9 parts that can be combined to produce several faces, echoing the tranformation theme common in ancient American art.
- 25. Woodlands Pipe, from a mound in Ohio Resembles some Mesoamerican sculptures in form and costume. Often buried with men for use in afterlife.
- 27. Incised forget with running warrior, Sumner County Gift to the dead to ensure safe passage to afterlife.
- 28. South West Bow with two cranes and geometric forms, Mimbres Cliff Palace, Ancestral Puebloan Sheltered ledge to heat the pueblo in winter and shade during summer.