MESOAMERICAN STUDY SLIDES

FOR TEST #1

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OLMEC

Ceremonial jade axe

La Venta, Altar #4

Las Limas figure

Vessel in the form of a kneeling skeletonized woman

TEOTIHUACAN

"Street of the Dead" leading to the Pyramid of the Moon

Water goddess

MAYA

drawing of Lintel 8 - Bird Jaguar taking captives

Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque

Sacophagus of Pacal from Palenque

Drawing of the Hero twin shooting Seven Macaw, from a Maya pot - compared to the December sky

Lintel from Yaxchilán - Lady Xoc offering blood and contacting the gods

Maya ball game from polychrome pot

AZTEC

Xipe Totec sculpture

Codex Mendoza - representation of Tenochtitlán

Reconstruction of Main Pyramid


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