Pre-Colombian- The Americas Before Columbus Before Spanish conquest Olmec, Teotihuacán, Mayan, Anasazi, Mississippian, Aztec, Inca Native America Huge city-states Craftsmanship Architecture, pyramids Olmecs= 1 st organized North Amer pueblos Great Serpent Mound, Ohio

Pre-Colombian- The Americas Before Columbus Before Spanish conquest Olmec, Teotihuacán, Mayan, Anasazi, Mississippian, Aztec, Inca Native America Huge city-states Craftsmanship Architecture, pyramids Olmecs= 1 st organized North Amer pueblos Great Serpent Mound, Ohio

14-1 Colossal head, Olmec, La Venta, Mexico, 900–400 BCE. Basalt, 9’4” high. Museo- Parque La Venta, Villahermosa.

14-4 Teotihuacán “Place of the Gods” c.500 CE, Mexico Large metropolis Major monuments, c.100 CE Oriented to stars Pyramid of the Moon, Sun Avenue of the Dead Religious center Olmecs, Aztecs

14-11 Presentation of captives to Lord Chan Muwan, Maya, Room 2, Structure 1, Bonampak, Mexico, ca. 790 CE. Mural, approx. 17’ X 15’; watercolor copy by Antonio Tejeda. Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge.

14-28 Serpend Mound, Mississipian, Ohio, c.1070 CE Earth mound 1200 ft long Mississippian people constructed this effigy mound Mounds built in forms of birds or animals Mouth= upper right, coiled tail= left Snakes important to iconography The earth, fertility of crops

30-5 Machu Picchu, Inka, Peru, 15c CE Originally private estate of Inka ruler 9000 ft above sea level Architecture fitted right into mountains Large stones echo shape of mountain 3 sections= agricultural, urban, religious

33-81 Diego Rivera Ancient Mexico Fresco mural, 1935 At National Palace Mexico City Socialist Scenes of Mex history Conflicts between idigenous people and Spanish conquerers