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Pre-Colombian- The Americas Before Columbus Before Spanish conquest Olmec, Teotihuacán, Mayan, Anasazi, Mississippian, Aztec, Inca Native America Huge.

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1 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

2 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

3 14-1 Colossal head, Olmec, La Venta, Mexico, 900–400 BCE. Basalt, 9’4” high. Museo- Parque La Venta, Villahermosa.

4 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

5 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.

6 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

7 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

8 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


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