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- 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, representi ng human-animal 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. Caracol, Chichen Itza “snail shell”. May have been a temple to Kukulkan with astronomical purposes.
- 16. Colossal atlantids, Tula, Mexico Warriors armed with darts to reflect military regime of Toltecs
- 17. 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.
- 18. South America Raimondi Stele, Chavin de Huantar Shows the ability of the gods to transform themselves is a core aspect of Andean
- 19. Paracas, Nasca, and Moche Embroidered funerary mantle, Paracas Women mantles were used to wrap the bodies of the dead.
- 20. 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.
- 21. Ear ornament, Moche It depicts a Moche warrior priest and two retainers. The costume corresponds to actual finds.
- 22. 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.
- 23. Lima Tapestry (tunic), Wari Wari textiles are tapestries with the motifs women directly into the fabric.
- 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.
- 26. South West Serpent Mound, Mississippian, Ohio Cliff Palace, Ancestral Puebloan Sheltered ledge to heat the pueblo in winter and shade during summer.
- 27. Incised forget with running warrior, Sumner County Gift to the dead to ensure safe passage to afterlife.