APAH Unit 5: Indigenous Americas (1000 BCE–1980 CE)

Chavín de Huántar

Archaeological site in Peru. Native Andean culture built by the Chavín culture. 900-200 BCE. Temple site, stone. The Lanzón statue (god of the temple). Contour rivalry.

Great Serpent Mound

Adams County, Ohio. Fort Ancient Culture. c. 1070. Giant earthwork. Largest effigy in the world.

Mesa Verde

Montezuma County, Colorado. Ancient Puebloan - Anasazi. 450-1300 CE. Sandstone.

City of Cuzco

Cuzco, Peru, Inka. 1440 CE. Andesite stone. Axis mundi, Spanish church on temple of Qorikancha.

Maize Cobs

Cuzco, Peru, Inka. 1440-1533 CE. Sheet metal/repoussé

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu, Peru, Inka. 1450-1540 CE. Granite architectural complex. Real estate for the Incan emperor. Acllas serving chicha.

All-T’oqapu Tunic

Inka. 1450-1540 CE. camelid fiber, cotton textiles (high status), made on a backstrap loom, geometric motifs.

Bandolier Bag

Lenape (Delaware tribe in Oklahoma). 1850 CE. Hide, cotton, silk ribbons, and glass beads. Influenced by European minutemen.

Transformation Mask

Kwakwaka’wakw artist, Alert Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Late 19th century. cedar wood, feathers, sinew, cord, bird skin, hide, plant fibers, cotton, iron, and pigments. Potlatches.

Hide Painting of Sun Dance

Cotsiogo/Cadzi Cody, Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. 1890-1900 Painted elk hide. Sold stereotyped art to white tourists.

Black-on-black Ceramic Vessel

Tewa, Puebloan/Anasazi, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. Circa 1939. Black-ware ceramic.

Yaxchilan +155a lentils

Yaxchilan, Mexico. 709-770 CE. Limestone. Bloodletting.

Templo Mayor

Tenochtitlan, Mexico. 1325-1519 CE. Bells her cheeks. Sun/calendar stone. Olmec mask.

Ruler’s Headdress

Tenochtitlan, Mexico. Early 16th century. Feathers, wood, cotton, gold, brass, and paper