Mesoamerican art and culture midterm 1 case studies

*Mirror-Bearer:  c. 500-600 CE, Early Classic Period, wood with red hematite, Maya culture, Mexico or Guatemala

*The Kunz Axe: 

900-400 BCE, Middle Formative Period, jadeite (11 in (28 cm)), *Olmec culture, Oaxaca (Mexico)

*Kneeling Transformation Figure:  900-400 BCE, Middle Formative Period, serpentine with red pigment, Olmec culture, Mexico

*The Las Limas Figure: 

900-400 BCE,

Middle Formative Period, greenstone, Olmec culture,

Las Limas (Mexico)

*Slim/The Young Lord Statuette:  c.600-400 BCE, Late Middle Formative Period, mottled greed serpentine with traces of cinnabar, Olmec culture, Coastal Chiapas, Mexico

*La Venta Offering 4:  900-600 BCE, Middle Formative Period, Olmec Culture, La Venta

*(Met) Olmec Mask: 

900-400 BCE,

Middle Formative Period, jadeite, Olmec culture, Mexico

*Double-faced Female Figurine:

c. 1200–900 BCE,

Early Formative Period, ceramic with traces of pigment (9.5 cm. high), Tlatilco (Mexico)

*San Lorenzo Monument 4:  c.1150-900 BCE,

Early Formative Period, basalt, Olmec culture, San Lorenzo

*La Venta Altar 4:  900-400 BCE, Middle Formative Period,

basalt, Olmec culture, La Venta

*The Uncle Sam Stela/

La Venta Stela 3: 

900-400 BCE, Middle Formative Period, basalt, Olmec culture, La Venta

*Tres Zapotes Stela C:  c.600 BCE – c.100 CE,

Late Formative Period, basalt, Epi-Olmec culture,

Tres Zapotes

*The Tuxtla Statuette:  100-200 CE, Late Formative Period, greenstone, Epi-Olmec culture, Tuxtla Mountains (Veracruz, Mexico )

*La Mojarra Stela 1:  

2^nd century CE,

Late Formative Period, basalt, Epi-Olmec culture,

La Mojarra

*Chalcatzingo Monument 1/The King (El Rey):  700-500 BCE, Middle Formative Period, stone, Olmec culture, Chalcatzingo

*Chalcatzingo Monument 9:

900-400 BCE,

Middle Formative Period, stone, Olmec culture, Chalcatzingo

*Kaminaljuyu Stela 11:  c.200-50 BCE,

Late Formative Period, granite, Maya culture, Kaminaljuyu (Guatemala)

*Izapa Stela 4:  c.400 BCE – 250 CE, Late Formative Period, stone, Mokaya culture, Izapa (Mexico)

*North Wall, San Bartolo Mural:  c.100 BCE, Late Formative Period, fresco, Maya culture, San Bartolo (Guatemala)

*West Wall, San Bartolo Mural:  c.100 BCE, Late Formative Period, fresco, Maya culture, San Bartolo (Guatemala)

*The Hauberg Stela: 

200-500 CE,

Late Formative-Early

Classic Period,

limestone, Maya culture,

the Maya Lowlands