Art History Chapter 30

The Americas, 600–1300 CE

North, Central, and South America • 600–1300 CE

Hieroglyph

a type of written script that uses conventionalized signs to represent concepts,

sounds, or words.

Chocolate Vessel with Palace Scene

Maya • c. 600–900 CE

Fresco

wall or ceiling painting on wet plaster (also called true or buon fresco). Wet

pigment merges with the plaster.

Presentation of Captives to Lord

Chan Muwan (Reproduction)

Bonampak, Mexico — Maya • c. 791 CE

Lintel

a horizontal support above a door or other opening.

Portrait Head of Pakal

Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Mexico • c. 683 CE

Stele

a carved stone slab that is placed upright and often features commemorative

imagery and/or inscriptions.

Sarcophagus Lid (Detail), Tomb of

Pakal

Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Mexico • c. 683 CE

Sarcophagus

a container for human remains.

Mosaic Funeral Mask of Pakal

Palenque, Mexico — Maya • c. 683 CE

Roof comb

lattice structure surmounting the roof of a temple; often used to support

monumental sculptur

Shield Jaguar II and Lady K'ab'al

Xook, Lintel 24

Temple 23, Yaxchilan, Mexico • c. 725 CE

Atlantid

monumental figural sculpture that serves to hold up a roof or other

architectural element.

Temple 1, Tikal

Tikal, Guatemala • c. 734 CE

Zoomorphic

having an animal-like form.

Central Ball Court, Copán

Copán, Honduras • completed 738 CE

Rammed-earth

building technique in which damp earth is compressed within a frame or mold,

to form a solid structure.

Great Serpent Mound

Adams County, Ohio • c. 1070 CE (dating debated)

Effigy

a sculpture or model, usually created for its symbolic and/or material value in

relation to the thing it represents.

Pipe, Adena Culture

Ohio • c. 100 BCE–100 CE

Kero

an Andean decorated drinking cup used in feasts.

Central Cahokia as It Would Have

Appeared About 1150–1200

near present-day St. Louis • c. 1150–1200 CE

Gorget

an object worn near the neck area as a costume item.

Pueblo Bonito

Chaco Canyon, New Mexico — Pueblo culture • 830–1250 CE

Seed Jar

Ancestral Puebloan • c. 1050–1250 CE

Gorget with Running Warrior

Sumner County, Tennessee • c. 1250–1350 CE

Mimbres Bowl with Two Cranes and

Geometric Motifs

New Mexico • c. 1250 CE