Mesoamerican
Styles of the Pre-Columbian region from present-day central Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula to parts of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
Mesoamerican
Styles of the Pre-Columbian region from present-day central Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula to parts of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
Basics to get you started
Mesoamerica, an introduction
Defining “pre-Columbian” and “Mesoamerica”
Glossary for pre-Columbian art
The Mesoamerican Calendar
Olmec Jade
The Maya, an introduction
Painting Mexica (Aztec) history
Serpents in Mexica culture
Mesoamerican art in context: an excerpt from an origin story (Popol Vuh)
Late pre-classic Mesoamerica, an introduction
Periods in Mesoamerican history
The bug that had the world seeing red
Teresita Fernández on pre-Columbian gold
Olmec masks and masquerade, an introduction
Works of Art
Artists
Chakalte’, Relief with Enthroned Ruler, late 8th century (Classic Maya), limestone and paint, 88.9 x 87.6 x 7 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Periods, Cultures, Styles
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Maya civilization
c. 3000 B.C.E.–1697 C.E.
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Huastec civilization
c. 2000 B.C.E.–1521
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Tlatilco
c. 1800–400 B.C.E.
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Olmec
c. 1200–400 B.C.E.
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Zapotec civilization
c. 600 B.C.E.–900 C.E.
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Teotihuacan
c. 100 B.C.E.–750 C.E.
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Classic Veracruz
c. 1–1200 C.E.
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Mixteca-Puebla
c. 9th–early 16th century
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Paquimé (Casas Grandes)
c 1150–1350
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Mixtec civilization
c. 1200–1521
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Mexica (Aztec)
1325–1521
