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Art History Exam 1
Prehistoric, Ancient Americans, Olmecs, Mayans, Aztec art
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
02/08/2011

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Mammoth bone house

Ukraine

Paleolithic c. 16,000-10,000 BCE

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Chauvet Painting-Horses,rhinos,aurochs

France

Paleolithic 30,000BCE

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Women of Willendorf

Willendorf, Austria

Paleolithic 28-25,000 BCE

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Hall of Bulls-Lascaux Cave

France

Paleolithic 15-13,000 BCE

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Bird-man and Bison

Lascaux Cave-France

Paleolithic 15-13,000 BCE

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House at Catalhoyuk

Turkey

Neolithic 7,000 BCE

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Stonehenge

Southern England

Neolithic 3,000-15,000 BCE

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Human figure in plaster

Jordan

3 ft. height

Neolithic

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Figures of man and woman

Romania

ceramic, 4.5 inches tall

Neolithic 3,500 BCE

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Great Serpent Mound

Ohio

Mississippian culture

1070 AD

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Cahokia Mounds

East St. Louis, Missouri

Mississippian culture

1150 AD

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Olmec offering #4

La Venta

jade figurines

900-400 BCE

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Great pyramid and ball court

La Venta, Mexico

Olmec culture

900-400 BCE

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colossal head

San Lorenzo, Mexico

Olmec culture

1200-900 BCE

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Gate the the Underworld

before a cave at Chalcatzingo, Mexico

Olmec culture

**other parts of the puzzle, what do they mean together**

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Jaguar-Human baby ceremonial axe

Olmec, Mexico

900-400 BCE

**symbolizing what?and what else was found with it**

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Temple of Inscriptions

Palenque City, Mexico

tomb of Lord Pakal

Maya 700 CE

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Mayan royal stelae

Tikal, Guatemala

Limestone

711 CE

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Portrait of Lord Pakal

Palenque, Mexico

Mayan

700 CE

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Lady Xok's Vision

Lintel 25-Yaxchilan, Mexico

Maya

723 CE

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Cylinder vessel with ballgame

ceramic

Mayan

600-800 CE

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Great pyramid

Tenochtitlan (Mexico City), Mexico

Aztec culture

1375-1519 CE

**13 phases of construction**

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Coyolxauhqui stone from the Great Pyramid

Aztec Mexico

8 tons

1470 CE

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Coatlicue-figuring on the Great Pyramid

standing stone figure

Tenochtitlan, Mexico

Aztec culture

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Aztec earth goddess

Symbol of life and death: squatting and giving birth while drinking her own blood

12 tons

Tenochtitlan, Mexico

Aztec culture

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