Mesoamerica Flashcards
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Yaxchilán (stone carving)
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- Maya
- Chipas, Mexico
- limestone
- carved lintel
- shows the queen’s hallucination
- mirror image
- serpent with a man
- ritual
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Templo Mayor (Main Temple)
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- Aztec (Mexica people)
- Tenochititlan
- stone
- Huitzilopochtli - god needed human sacrifice
- new layer for each emperor
- dedicated to Tlatoc and Huitzilopochtli
- priests wore human skin
- skin suits in temples
3
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Olmec mask
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- jade
- buried intentionally
- offering in a temple
- 2000 years before the Aztecs
- respect for previous cultures
4
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Coyolxauliqui Stone
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- volcanic stone
- painted
- placed at the base of Huitzilopochtli side of temple
- shows Huitzilopochtli’s sister dismembered
- she was thrown off a mountain
- bones showing
- scalloped limbs
- saggy, maternal
5
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Calendar Stone
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- basalt
- based on the sun
- painted
- captives sacrificed on it
- Tonatiuh’s face in the center (macabre)
- recorded previous eras
- predicts the end of this era (earthquakes)
- previous ends by jaguar, wind, rain and water
- five serpents represent time
6
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Yaxchilán (city)
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- Maya
- Chipas, Mexico
- limestone
- warlike culture
- multiple nature gods
- blood fuels Earth and Universe
- sacrificed captives and royalty bled
- ceremonial centers in cities (had ball courts)
- temple (3 doors)
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Ruler’s Feathered Headdress
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- Aztec (Mexica)
- Quetzal and continga feathers, gold
- made by the amanteca (feather workers)
- probably owned by Motecuhzoma II
- taken to Spain by Cortes
- status symbol of the ruler
