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Meso-America 1500 BCE - 1500 CE Olmec 1200-900 bce flourished Jaguar Teotihuacan 350-650 CE flourished Pyramid of the Sun, Moon & Queltzalcoatl (Feathered Serpent) Tlaloc Maya 1100 BC-1500 CE flourished Ball court Bonampak c. 790 CE Chichen Itza800-1000CE Caracol Temple Castillo Pyramid Ball Court Chacmool – Jaguar King Aztec1300-1525 CE flourished Goddess of the Moon Coyolxauhqui Art of the Americas – Pre-Columbian Meso America & The Andes 1500 BCE-1500 CE Olmec 1200-900 BCE Meso-America Ball Court Begins with Olmec (figure R) Similar to this one at Monte Alban (Teotihuacan) La Venta Heads #1 left #4 below 850-700 BCE La Venta # 3 Tres Zapotes Head, Vera Cruz Jaguar – top South American Predator Olmec Jaguar Olmec Seated Jaguar (were jaguar) San Lorenzo c. 1200-900 BCE 35” Block-like form Jaguar merged with human child = were-jaguar Olmec were jaguars Obsidian, jade stone OLMEC Seated Female Figure with Mirror Ornament. La Venta, Mexico. Jade & hematitel Crawling baby, ceramic, hollow 700-500 BC. Teotihuacan c. 350 CE Once identified as Mayan View of Pyramid of Sun from Pyramid of Moon c. 350 BCE Pyramid of the Moon Teotihuacan c. 350 BCE Temple of Quelzalcoatle (Feathered Serpent) at Teotihuacan c. 300 bce 80 warrior skelatons found beneath temple Qelzalcoatl (feathered serpent) & Tlaloc (rain god) Map of Maya Empire c1100 bce- 1500 CE Mayan Lord 6th wood – Mayan Lords stone reliefs (Palenque top) Maya Leiden Plate Jade 8 ½” Mayan ball court Copan c. 800 bce Mayan ball players Maya Bonampak Murals c. 790 CE reconstructed 3 rooms at temple site in Chiapas Room 2 below R aftermath of battle Aug. 6th 792 ce Bonampak 792 “Borgia” Codex 14-15th century Moon Goddess Maya, clay Maize god, Palenque stone 750 ce Maya Chitzen Itza c. 800-1300 CE Temple (caracol), castillo top L & warrior temple top R Chitzen Itza 800-1300 CE Temple of the Warriors Chocmool (Jaguar King) 3’6” high Castillo aka Temple of Kukulcan (Feathered Serpent) Name of King who founded Chichen Itza 9-13th centuries Chitzen Itza Ball Court 9-13th vaders of Chitzen Itza – the Toltecs? C. 800 & later Aztecs c. 1400 occupy sit Aztec Calendar of Sun 15th century, stone COATLICUE Aztec Mother Goddess, Grandmother, Lady of the Serpent , Earth Goddess Gives birth to sun, moon, all celestial beings Aztec Moon Goddess Coyolxauhqui 15th century 88” diameter Brother Huitzilopochtil kills sister for beheading mother Aztec Eagle Warrior, clay 15th century 67” Aztec sacrifice of captives Spanish Conquistador vs Aztec Eagle Warrior 15th century Diego Rivera mural 20th Eagle Warrior & Conquistador Aztec Huitzilopochtli (blue hummingbird obsidian knife God of Sun?) R leg olmec fish monster (top) dragon below) Olmec were-jaguar MAYA Stela 11 Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala Stela 11 200-50 BC Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala Granite 200-50 198.1 BC x 67.9 x 18.1 cm Granite Museo Nacional de Arqueología y 198.1 x 67.9Etnología, x 18.1 cmGuatemala City. Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City. MAYA Maize God Plate Portraying Enthroned King. Maya Area. AD 200-400. Ceramic with pigment. Diameter approx. 28 cm. The Art Institution, New York