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- Offering 4 at La Venta
- Mexico
- Olmec
- Jade, greenstone, sandstone
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- Colossal Head at San Lorenzo
- Mexico
- Olmec
- Basalt
- Transported by river to ceremonial sites
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- Great Pyramid and Plaza at La Venta
- Mexico
- Olmec
- Mounded earth
- Ball field in front
- Drainage
- N/S Axial arrangement
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- Ceremonial Center of Teotihuacan
- Teotihuacan Culture
- Mexico
- Pyramids of sun and moon connected by avenue of the dead
- Talud Tablero
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- Temple of the Feathered Serpent or Ciudadela
- Teotihuacan culture
- Mexico
- Place to hold ceremonies
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- Bloodletting Ritual Fresco
- Pigment on lime plaster
- Teotihuacan culture
- Mexico
- Residential apartment
- Shows a tradition
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- Temple 1 at Tikal
- Classic Period
- Mayan
- Temple on top
- Legitimize rule
- 9 stories w/ temple
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- Maya Stela at Tikal
- Classic Period
- Tells of king and his godliness
- Stone
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- Temple of the Inscriptions
- Palenque
- Mayan
- Classic Period
- Funerary Monument for Pakal
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- Portrait of Pakal the Great
- Palenque
- Mayan
- Classic Period
- Stucco and Red Paint
- Temple of the Inscriptions
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- Lady Xoc's Vision
- Xachilan, Mexico
- Mayan
- Classic Period
- Limestone
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- Cylindrical Vessel with Ballgame Scene
- Mayan
- Painted Ceramic
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- Founding of Tenochtitlan
- Aztec
- From Codex Mendoza
- Ink and color on paper
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- Templo Mayor
- Aztec
- Tenochtitlán
- Sacrifices performed on top
- Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli temples
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- Coatlicue
- Aztec
- Basalt
- Necklace made of hearts,skulls, hands
- Blocky style with minimal carving
- When Huitzilopochtli was born, siblings wanted to kill mom--she died but he killed them all
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- Aztec Calendar Stone
- Tells cycles of existence w/ pictoglyphs
- sun god in center
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- Shaman with Drum and Snake
- Costa Rica
- Diquis Culture
- Gold
- Snake/croc=lower world
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