Unit 3: America : Identifiers

Mesa Verde Cliff dwellings

Time: 450- 1300 ce

Media: sandstone

Loc: Colorado

Black-on-black ceramic vessel

Time: 1950ce

Media: black ware ceramic

Loc: New Mexico

Artist: Maria/ Julian Martinez

Chavín: de Huántar: Nose Ornament/ Lanzon stone

Time: 900-200 BCE

Media: gold alloy

Loc: Peru

All- T’oqapu Tunic

Time: 1450-1540 ce

Media: camelid fiber and cotton

Loc: Inka

City of Cusco: Qorikancha: Main temple / church city of Cusco : Walla At Saqsa

Time: 1440 ce, convent added 1550-1650 ce

Media: central highlands

Loc: Peru, Inka

Maize cobs

Time: 1440-1533 ce (1492 COLUMBUS CAME)

Media: metal alloys

Loc: Inka

City of Machu Picchu: Intihuanta stone: observatory

Time: 1450-1540 ce

Media: Granite

Loc: Peru, Inka

Yaxchitlán: structure 33: Lintel 25

ONLY MAYAN (before Aztec)

Time: 725 ce

media: limestone

Loc: Mexico, Mayan

Ruler’s Feather Headress

Time: 1428-1520 ce

Media: Feathers (Queztal) and gold

Media: Mexico Aztecs

Templo Mayor: Coyolxauhqui:Calander Stone: Olmec- Style mask

Time: 1375-1520

Media: Temple= stone, Coyolxauhqui = volcanic stone, calander stone= basalt, mask= jadeite

Loc: Tenochtitlán, Mexico Aztec

Transformation Mask

Time: late 19th century

Media: wood, paint, string

Loc: NW coast of Canada

Artist: Kwakawaka’wakw

Painted Elk Hide

Time: 1890-1900 ce

Media : painted elk hide

Loc: Wyoming

Great Serpant Mound

Time: 1070 ce

Media: Earthwork

Loc: Mississippian Ohio

Bandolier Bag

Time: 1850 ce

Media: Beadwork on Leather

Loc: Lenape (Woodlands)

Catacombs of Priscilla: orant figure

Time: 200-400 ce

Media: tufa/ fresco

Loc: Rome Italy (late antique)

Santa Sabina

Time: 422-432 ce

Media: wood, stone, brick

Loc: Rome Italy

San vitale

Time: 526-547 ce

Media: marble, brick, stone, mosaic

Loc: Ravenna Italy

San Vitale: Justinian/ Theodora Panel

Time: 547 ce

Media: mosaic

Ravenna Italy

Vienna Genesis

Time: early 6 cen

Media: illuminated manuscript

Loc: Vienna Austria

Hagia Sophia

Time: 532-537 ce

Media: brick, ceramic, stone, mosaic

Loc: Constantinople( Istanbul)

Virgin(Theotokos) and Child between St.Theodore/ George

Time: 500-600 ce

Media: Encaustic on wood

Loc: Egypt

Pyxis of Al-Mughira

Time: 968 ce

Media: ivory( PICKING DATES)

Loc: cordoba Spain

Folio from the Qur’an

Time: 700-800

Media: ink/ gold in parchment

Loc: N Africa

Basin

Time: 1320-1340

Media: brass inlaid with gold/ silver

Loc: Egypt

Ardabil Carpet

Time: 1539-1540

Media: Silk on wool

Loc: Ardabil Persia

Bahram Gur Fights the Karg

Time: 1310-1340

Media: watercolor,ink

Loc: Persia