meso-america 1500 bce - 1500 ce olmec 1200-900 bce flourished jaguar

Meso-America 1500 BCE - 1500 CE

Olmec 1200-900 bce flourishedJaguar

Teotihuacan 350-650 CE flourishedPyramid of the Sun, Moon & Queltzalcoatl (Feathered Serpent)Tlaloc

Maya 1100 BC-1500 CE flourishedBall courtBonampak c. 790 CEChichen Itza800-1000CECaracol TempleCastillo PyramidBall CourtChacmool – Jaguar King

Aztec1300-1525 CE flourishedGoddess of the Moon Coyolxauhqui

Art of the Americas – Pre-ColumbianMeso 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

Tres Zapotes Head, Vera CruzLa Venta # 3

Jaguar – top South American Predator

Olmec Jaguar

Olmec Seated Jaguar (were jaguar)San Lorenzo c. 1200-900 BCE 35”

Block-like formJaguar merged with human child = were-jaguar

Olmec were jaguars

Obsidian, jadestone

OLMECSeated Female Figure with Mirror Ornament.La Venta, Mexico. Jade & hematitel

Crawling baby, ceramic, hollow700-500 BC.

Teotihuacan c. 350 CEOnce identified as Mayan

View of Pyramid of Sun from Pyramid of Moonc. 350 BCE

Pyramid of the MoonTeotihuacan c. 350 BCE

Temple of Quelzalcoatle (Feathered Serpent) at Teotihuacan c. 300 bce80 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 reconstructed3 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, clayMaize god, Palenque stone 750 ce

Maya Chitzen Itza c. 800-1300 CETemple (caracol), castillo top L & warrior temple top R

Chitzen Itza 800-1300 CETemple 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

Invaders of Chitzen Itza – the Toltecs? C. 800 & later Aztecs c. 1400 occupy site

Aztec Calendar of Sun15th century, stone

COATLICUEAztec Mother Goddess,

Grandmother, Lady of the Serpent , Earth Goddess

Gives birth to sun, moon, all celestial beings

Aztec Moon Goddess Coyolxauhqui 15th century 88”

diameterBrother 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

Stela 11Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala

200-50 BCGranite

198.1 x 67.9 x 18.1 cmMuseo Nacional de

Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City.

MAYAStela 11

Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala200-50 BC

Granite198.1 x 67.9 x 18.1 cm

Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología,

Guatemala City.

MAYAMaize God

Plate Portraying Enthroned King.Maya Area. AD 200-400. Ceramic with pigment. Diameter

approx. 28 cm.The Art Institution, New York