3: Mesoamerica
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Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and El Salvador
Before 7,000 B.C.E - c. 1500 C.E.
- 3.1: A beginner's guide to Mesoamerica
- 3.1.1: Mesoamerica, an introduction
- 3.1.2: Periods in Mesoamerican history
- 3.1.3: The Mesoamerican Calendar
- 3.1.4: Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine
- 3.1.5: Late pre-classic Mesoamerica, an introduction
- 3.1.6: Mesoamerican art in context- an excerpt from an origin story (Popol Vuh)
- 3.1.7: Glossary for pre-Columbian art
- 3.8: Maya
- 3.8.1: The Maya, an introduction
- 3.8.2: Maya glyphs, a basic introduction
- 3.8.3: Plaque of a Maya king from Teotihuacan
- 3.8.4: Mirror-Bearer
- 3.8.5: Vessel with a mythological scene
- 3.8.6: Politics and History on a Maya Vase
- 3.8.7: Maya- The Fenton Vase
- 3.8.8: Chakalte’, Relief with Enthroned Ruler
- 3.8.9: Classic Maya portrait stelae
- 3.8.10: Palenque (Classic Period)
- 3.8.11: Maya- The Yaxchilán Lintels
- 3.8.12: Yaxchilán—Lintels 24 and 25 from Structure 23 and structures 33 and 40
- 3.8.13: Tikal
- 3.8.14: Tikal Stela 16
- 3.8.15: Copán
- 3.8.16: Quiriguá
- 3.14: Aztec (Mexica) art
- 3.14.1: Introduction to the Aztecs (Mexica)
- 3.14.2: More on the Aztecs (Mexica)
- 3.14.3: Serpents in Mexica culture
- 3.14.4: The Templo Mayor and the Coyolxauhqui Stone
- 3.14.5: Coatlicue
- 3.14.6: Tlaloc vessel
- 3.14.7: The Sun Stone (or The Calendar Stone) (Aztec)
- 3.14.8: Coyolxauhqui Monolith
- 3.14.9: Monolith of Tlaltecuhtli (Earth Lord)
- 3.14.10: Pottery model temples
- 3.14.11: Wooden slit-drum (teponaztli)
- 3.14.12: Codex Borgia
- 3.14.13: Turquoise mosaics
- 3.14.13.1: Turquoise mosaics, an introduction
- 3.14.13.2: Double-headed serpent
- 3.14.13.3: Serpent mask of Quetzalcoatl or Tlaloc
- 3.14.13.4: Mosaic mask of Tezcatlipoca
- 3.14.14: The House of the Eagles, and sculptures of Mictlantecuhtli and Eagle Warrior
- 3.14.15: Eagle Warrior (Mexica)
- 3.14.16: Seated figure of Xochipilli
- 3.14.17: Seated figure of Xiuhtecuhtli
- 3.14.18: Xiuhcoatl (fire serpent)
- 3.14.19: Brazier of Chicomecoatl
- 3.14.20: Aztec feathered headdress
- 3.14.21: Aztec art and feasts for the dead
- 3.14.22: Remembering the Toxcatl Massacre- The Beginning of the End of Aztec Supremacy
- 3.14.23: Painting Aztec History
- 3.14.24: Stone kneeling figure of Chalchiuhtlicue