Mesoamerica Gallery

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ancientpeoples:Olmec culture, Mexico, c. 900-400 BC1. Miniature jadeite mask, 3.80 x 3.20 cmSource:
Two Maya effigy urns in the Mayapán style, fromthe eastern Yucatán (Late Postclassic Era, 1100s – 13
tlatollotl:Censer Depicting Tlaloc Mexico, Oaxaca, Mixtec (?), 1200-1400
Captain Mesoamerica by James Gifford
Ancient Maya stucco portrait head, bearing the headband of the maize deity.  Artist unknown; ca. 550
A massive pyramid in the Maya site of Calakmul (Campeche, Mexico).  At 45 metres tall, it is one of
Temple of the Frescoes (Tulum, Mexico).In the back room of the ground floor are theremains of a mura
Carved Aztec atlatl, or spear-thrower.The word “atlatl” is Nahuatl, and the Aztecs were still usingt
Rain God Mask, 13th–14th century. Mexico, Mesoamerica. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The
thebutterflybabe:The Waiter Dagger is a butterfly limited to theneotropical realm in Mesoamerica and
Aztec stone sculpture of a kneeling female figure.  Artist unknown; 15th or early 16th century.  Now
These pencil sketches belong to a #manuscript written by a parish priest of Nebaj, a home to the Ixi
Stucco head of K'inich Janaab Pakal I (603-683 CE), king of the Maya city-state of Palenque.  Now in
The North Acropolis at Tikal (Guatemala) was first built around 250 BC, and many other buildings wer
Earflare inlay. Maya. Mexico, Mesoamerica. 5thC. De Young Museum, San Francisco. 
Zapotec ceramic urn in the form of Cociyo, god of lightning and rain.  Artist unknown; ca. 400-500 C
Macuilxochitl, is one of the five deities from Aztec and other central Mexican religious traditions
tlatollotl:Labret in the Form of an Eagle HeadMexico, Western Oaxaca or Puebla, Mixteca-Puebla style
El Castillo at the spring equinox (Chichén Itzá, Mexico).Around the spring and autumn equinoxes, the
Olmec jadeite mask.  Artist unknown; 10th-6th cent. BCE.  Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Ph
Seated FigureDate: 12th–9th century BCEGeography: Mexico, MesoamericaCulture: OlmecMedium: Ceramic,
Crocodile RattleDate: 8th centuryGeography: Mexico, MesoamericaCulture: MayaMedium: CeramicDimension
Rosalila Temple (Copán, Honduras).  It was unearthed under theAcropolis in 1991.The Rosalila Temple
Costumed FigureDate: 7th–8th centuryGeography: Mexico, MesoamericaCulture: MayaMedium: Ceramic, pigm
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