Unit 5 Flashcards: Indigenous Americas

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Chavin de Huántar
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).
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154. Mesa Verde cliff dwellings.

154. Mesa Verde cliff dwellings.
Location: Montezuma County, Colorado

Peoples: Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi)

Date: 450-1300 CE.

Material: Sandstone
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155. Yaxchilán

155. Yaxchilán
Location: Chiapas, Mexico

Peoples: Maya

Date: 725 CE.

Material: Limestone (architectural complex)
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156. Great Serpent Mound

156. Great Serpent Mound
Location: Adams County, southern Ohio

Peoples: Mississippian (Eastern Woodlands)

Date: c. 1070 CE.

Materials: Earthwork / effigy mound.
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157. Templo Mayor (Main Temple)

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

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

Peoples: Mexica (Aztec)

Date: 1428-1520 CE.

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

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
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180. Maize cobs

180. Maize cobs
Location: ?

Peoples: Inka

Date: c. 1440-1533 CE

Materials: Sheet metal / repoussé, metal alloys
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161. City of Machu Picchu

161. City of Machu Picchu
Location: Central HIghlands, Peru

Peoples: Inka

Date: 1450-1540 CE

Materials: Granite (architectural complex)
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162. All-T’oqapu tunic

162. All-T’oqapu tunic
Location: ?

Peoples: Inka

Date: 1450-1540 CE

Materials: Camelid fiber and cotton
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163. Bandolier bag

163. Bandolier bag
Location: Eastern Woodlands

Peoples: Lenape (Delaware tribe)

Date: c. 1850 CE

Materials: Beadwork on leather
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164. Transformation mask

164. Transformation mask
Location: Northwest coast of Canada

Peoples: Kwakwaka’wakw

Date: Late 19th century CE

Materials: Wood, paint, and string
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165. Painted elk hide

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
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166. Black-on-black ceramic vessel

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