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SmartHistory of Art XIa - The Americas before 1500

SmartHistory of Art is a huge encyclopedia. This collection presents the material as individual volumes. Materials can be remixed and used as needed and new material included as it becomes available. The art of the Americas is presented as three volumes, pre-1500, Latin America and North America to 1900.

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Contents· 169 sections
  1. 01: A beginner's guide
  2. 1.01: Defining Pre-Columbian and Mesoamerica
  3. 1.02: Teresita Fernandez on Precolumbian gold
  4. 1.03: About geography and chronological periods in Native American art
  5. 1.04: Terms and Issues in Native American Art
  6. 02: North America before c. 1500
  7. 2.01: Clovis culture
  8. 2.1.01: Clovis Culture an introduction
  9. 2.1.02: Bannerstones an introduction
  10. 2.02: Moundbuilders
  11. 2.2.01: Fort Ancient Culture- Great Serpent Mound
  12. 2.2.02: Mississippian shell neck ornament (gorget)
  13. 2.03: Ancestral Puebloan
  14. 2.3.01: Mesa Verde
  15. 2.3.02: Introduction to Chaco Canyon
  16. 2.3.03: Socorro black-on-white storage jar
  17. 2.04: Mogollon
  18. 2.4.01: Introduction to Mogollon
  19. 2.4.02: Paquime (Casas Grandes) Mogollon culture
  20. 03: Mesoamerica
  21. 3.01: A beginner's guide to Mesoamerica
  22. 3.1.01: Mesoamerica an introduction
  23. 3.1.02: Periods in Mesoamerican history
  24. 3.1.03: The Mesoamerican Calendar
  25. 3.1.04: Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine
  26. 3.1.05: Late pre-classic Mesoamerica an introduction
  27. 3.1.06: Mesoamerican art in context- an excerpt from an origin story (Popol Vuh)
  28. 3.1.07: Glossary for pre-Columbian art
  29. 3.02: Tlatilco
  30. 3.03: Olmec
  31. 3.3.01: Kunz Axe (Olmec)
  32. 3.3.02: Offering 4 La Venta
  33. 3.3.03: Olmec Jade
  34. 3.3.04: Olmec mask
  35. 3.3.05: Olmec mask at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  36. 3.3.06: Olmec figurine
  37. 3.3.07: Olmec stone mask
  38. 3.04: West Mexico
  39. 3.4.01: Pottery dog Colima culture
  40. 3.4.02: Rock paintings of Sierra de San Francisco
  41. 3.05: Zapotec Ancestor figure
  42. 3.06: Teotihuacan
  43. 3.6.01: Teotihuacan
  44. 3.6.02: Pyramid of the Moon and Pyramid of the Sun
  45. 3.07: Classic Veracruz Culture
  46. 3.7.01: The Mesoamerican ballgame and a Classic Veracruz yoke
  47. 3.7.02: El Tajin
  48. 3.08: Maya
  49. 3.8.01: The Maya an introduction
  50. 3.8.02: Maya glyphs a basic introduction
  51. 3.8.03: Plaque of a Maya king from Teotihuacan
  52. 3.8.04: Mirror-Bearer
  53. 3.8.05: Vessel with a mythological scene
  54. 3.8.06: Politics and History on a Maya Vase
  55. 3.8.07: Maya- The Fenton Vase
  56. 3.8.08: Chakalte Relief with Enthroned Ruler
  57. 3.8.09: Classic Maya portrait stelae
  58. 3.8.10: Palenque (Classic Period)
  59. 3.8.11: Maya- The Yaxchilan Lintels
  60. 3.8.12: YaxchilanLintels 24 and 25 from Structure 23 and structures 33 and 40
  61. 3.8.13: Tikal
  62. 3.8.14: Tikal Stela 16
  63. 3.8.15: Copan
  64. 3.8.16: Quirigua
  65. 3.09: Xochicalco
  66. 3.10: Cholula Pottery vessel Mixteca-Puebla style
  67. 3.11: Huastec - Huastec- Life-Death Figure
  68. 3.12: Paquime (Casas Grandes)
  69. 3.12.01: Paquime Casas Grandes
  70. 3.12.02: Paquime jars
  71. 3.13: Mixtec
  72. 3.13.01: Codex Zouche-Nuttall
  73. 3.13.02: Gold pendant depicting a ruler
  74. 3.14: Aztec (Mexica) art
  75. 3.14.01: Introduction to the Aztecs (Mexica)
  76. 3.14.02: More on the Aztecs (Mexica)
  77. 3.14.03: Serpents in Mexica culture
  78. 3.14.04: The Templo Mayor and the Coyolxauhqui Stone
  79. 3.14.05: Coatlicue
  80. 3.14.06: Tlaloc vessel
  81. 3.14.07: The Sun Stone (or The Calendar Stone) (Aztec)
  82. 3.14.08: Coyolxauhqui Monolith
  83. 3.14.09: Monolith of Tlaltecuhtli (Earth Lord)
  84. 3.14.10: Pottery model temples
  85. 3.14.11: Wooden slit-drum (teponaztli)
  86. 3.14.12: Codex Borgia
  87. 3.14.13: Turquoise mosaics
  88. 3.14.13.01: Turquoise mosaics an introduction
  89. 3.14.13.02: Double-headed serpent
  90. 3.14.13.03: Serpent mask of Quetzalcoatl or Tlaloc
  91. 3.14.13.04: Mosaic mask of Tezcatlipoca
  92. 3.14.14: The House of the Eagles and sculptures of Mictlantecuhtli and Eagle Warrior
  93. 3.14.15: Eagle Warrior (Mexica)
  94. 3.14.16: Seated figure of Xochipilli
  95. 3.14.17: Seated figure of Xiuhtecuhtli
  96. 3.14.18: Xiuhcoatl (fire serpent)
  97. 3.14.19: Brazier of Chicomecoatl
  98. 3.14.20: Aztec feathered headdress
  99. 3.14.21: Aztec art and feasts for the dead
  100. 3.14.22: Remembering the Toxcatl Massacre- The Beginning of the End of Aztec Supremacy
  101. 3.14.23: Painting Aztec History
  102. 3.14.24: Stone kneeling figure of Chalchiuhtlicue
  103. 3.15: Isthmian cultures (Central America)
  104. 3.15.01: Doe Shaman Effigy
  105. 3.15.02: Mirror Pendant in the Form of a Bat-Human From Grave 5 Sitio Conte
  106. 3.15.03: Central American art in context- an origin story of the Bribri people
  107. 3.16: Carribean
  108. 3.16.01: Introduction to Taino art
  109. 3.16.02: Taino Zemis and Duhos
  110. 04: South America before c. 1500
  111. 4.01: Beginners Guide
  112. 4.1.01: Introduction to Andean Cultures
  113. 4.1.02: Introduction to Ancient Andean Art
  114. 4.1.03: Ancient Andean art in context- An origin story (The Legend of Naymlap)
  115. 4.02: Peru and Bolivia
  116. 4.2.01: Caral
  117. 4.2.02: Cupisnique Feline-Head Bottle
  118. 4.2.03: Chavin culture
  119. 4.2.3.01: Chavin de Huantar
  120. 4.2.3.02: Complexity and vision- the Staff God at Chavin de Huantar and beyond
  121. 4.2.04: Salinar culture Nose ornament with spiders
  122. 4.2.05: Nasca
  123. 4.2.5.01: Nasca Art- Sacred Linearity and Bold Designs
  124. 4.2.5.02: Nasca ceramics an introduction
  125. 4.2.5.03: Nasca Geoglyphs
  126. 4.2.5.04: The Paracas Textile
  127. 4.2.5.05: Nazca Feather Tunic
  128. 4.2.06: Paracas
  129. 4.2.6.01: Paracas an introduction
  130. 4.2.6.02: Paracas Textiles an introduction
  131. 4.2.6.03: Paracas Supernatural Bird Mantle
  132. 4.2.6.04: Paracas Feline Face Bottle
  133. 4.2.6.05: Paracas Flying Figure Bowl
  134. 4.2.07: Moche
  135. 4.2.7.01: Moche culture an introduction
  136. 4.2.7.02: The Moche Royal Tombs of Sipan
  137. 4.2.7.03: Pair of Earflares Winged Messengers
  138. 4.2.7.04: Moche Portrait Head Bottle
  139. 4.2.7.05: Funerary bundle of the Senora de Cao
  140. 4.2.08: Wari
  141. 4.2.8.01: Four-cornered hat
  142. 4.2.8.02: Feather panels
  143. 4.2.09: Tiwanaku
  144. 4.2.9.01: Tiiwanaku an introduction
  145. 4.2.9.02: Semi-subterranean Court at the site of Tiwanaku
  146. 4.2.10: Chancay culture Chancay Standing Female Figure
  147. 4.2.11: Chimu culture
  148. 4.2.11.01: Introduction to the Chimu culture
  149. 4.2.11.02: Chan Chan
  150. 4.2.12: Sican culture Inverse-Face Beaker
  151. 4.2.13: Inka
  152. 4.2.13.01: Introduction to the Inka
  153. 4.2.13.02: Inka stone vessels
  154. 4.2.13.03: The Inka khipu
  155. 4.2.13.04: City of Cusco
  156. 4.2.13.05: An Inka paccha
  157. 4.2.13.06: Maize cobs
  158. 4.2.13.07: Machu Picchu
  159. 4.2.13.08: All-Toqapu Tunic
  160. 4.2.13.09: Inka checkerboard tunics
  161. 4.2.13.10: Keru Vessel
  162. 4.2.13.11: What is an Inka ushnu
  163. 4.2.13.12: Inka ushnus- landscape site and symbol in the Andes
  164. 4.03: Equador
  165. 4.3.01: Chorrera culture Chorrera ceramics
  166. 4.3.02: Jama-Coaque culture Jama-Coaque ceramics
  167. 4.04: Ancient Colombia chiefdoms
  168. 4.4.01: Ancient Colombian goldmaking
  169. 4.4.02: Muisca Raft