Unit 5 Flashcards: Indigenous Americas

1000 BCE - 1980 CE

Chavin de Huántar

Location: Northern Highlands, Peru

Peoples: Chavin

Date: 900-200 BCE

Material: Stone (architectural complex); granite (Lanzón and sculpture); hammered gold alloy (jewelry).

154. Mesa Verde cliff dwellings.

Location: Montezuma County, Colorado

Peoples: Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi)

Date: 450-1300 CE.

Material: Sandstone

155. Yaxchilán

Location: Chiapas, Mexico

Peoples: Maya

Date: 725 CE.

Material: Limestone (architectural complex)

156. Great Serpent Mound

Location: Adams County, southern Ohio

Peoples: Mississippian (Eastern Woodlands)

Date: c. 1070 CE.

Materials: Earthwork / effigy mound.

157. Templo Mayor (Main Temple)

Location: Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City, Mexico)

Peoples: Mexica (Aztec)

Date: 1375-1520 CE.

Materials: Stone (temple); volcanic stone (The Coyolxauhqui Stone); jadeite (Olmec-style mask); basalt (Calendar Stone.)

158. Ruler’s feather headdress (probably of Motecuhzoma II)

Location: ?

Peoples: Mexica (Aztec)

Date: 1428-1520 CE.

Materials: Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold

159. City of Cusco, including Qorikancha (Inka main temple), Santo Domingo (Spanish colonial convent), and Walls at Saqsa Waman (Sacsayhuaman)

Location: Central highlands, Peru

Peoples: Inka

Date: c. 1440 CE; convent added 1550-1650 CE

Materials: Andesite

180. Maize cobs

Location: ?

Peoples: Inka

Date: c. 1440-1533 CE

Materials: Sheet metal / repoussé, metal alloys

161. City of Machu Picchu

Location: Central HIghlands, Peru

Peoples: Inka

Date: 1450-1540 CE

Materials: Granite (architectural complex)

162. All-T’oqapu tunic

Location: ?

Peoples: Inka

Date: 1450-1540 CE

Materials: Camelid fiber and cotton

163. Bandolier bag

Location: Eastern Woodlands

Peoples: Lenape (Delaware tribe)

Date: c. 1850 CE

Materials: Beadwork on leather

164. Transformation mask

Location: Northwest coast of Canada

Peoples: Kwakwaka’wakw

Date: Late 19th century CE

Materials: Wood, paint, and string

165. Painted elk hide

Creator: attributed to Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody)

Location: Wind River Reservation, Wyoming

Peoples: Eastern Shoshone

Date: 1890-1900 CE

Materials: Painted elk hide

166. Black-on-black ceramic vessel

Creator(s): Maria Martinez and Julian Martinez

Location: San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico

Peoples: Tewa, Puebloan

Date: c. mid-20th century CE

Materials: Blackware ceramic