Studied by 5 people
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).
Mesa Verde cliff dwellings.
Location: Montezuma County, Colorado
Peoples: Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi)
Date: 450-1300 CE.
Material: Sandstone
Yaxchilán
Location: Chiapas, Mexico
Peoples: Maya
Date: 725 CE.
Material: Limestone (architectural complex)
Great Serpent Mound
Location: Adams County, southern Ohio
Peoples: Mississippian (Eastern Woodlands)
Date: c. 1070 CE.
Materials: Earthwork / effigy mound.
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.)
Ruler’s feather headdress (probably of Motecuhzoma II)
Location: ?
Peoples: Mexica (Aztec)
Date: 1428-1520 CE.
Materials: Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold
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
Maize cobs
Location: ?
Peoples: Inka
Date: c. 1440-1533 CE
Materials: Sheet metal / repoussé, metal alloys
City of Machu Picchu
Location: Central HIghlands, Peru
Peoples: Inka
Date: 1450-1540 CE
Materials: Granite (architectural complex)
All-T’oqapu tunic
Location: ?
Peoples: Inka
Date: 1450-1540 CE
Materials: Camelid fiber and cotton
Bandolier bag
Location: Eastern Woodlands
Peoples: Lenape (Delaware tribe)
Date: c. 1850 CE
Materials: Beadwork on leather
Transformation mask
Location: Northwest coast of Canada
Peoples: Kwakwaka’wakw
Date: Late 19th century CE
Materials: Wood, paint, and string
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
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
