Indigenous Americas

By r_bingham
  • Chavín de Huántar
    900 BCE

    Chavín de Huántar

    Northern highlands, peru
    900-200 BCE
    Stone, granite, hammered gold alloy
  • Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
    450

    Mesa Verde cliff dwellings

    Montezuma County, Colorado
    Ancestral Puebloan
    450-1300 CE
    Sandstone
  • Yaxchilán
    725

    Yaxchilán

    Structure 23
    Chipas, Mexico
    Maya
    Limestone
  • Yaxchilán
    725

    Yaxchilán

    Lintel 25
    Chiapas, Mexico
    Maya
    Limestone
  • Great Serpent mound
    1070

    Great Serpent mound

    Adams County, Southern Ohio
    Mississippian
    Earthwork/effigy mound
  • Templo Mayor
    1375

    Templo Mayor

    Tenochtitlan (modern day mexico city)
    Mexica (Aztec)
    1375-1520 CE
    stone, volcanic stone, jadeite, basalt
  • Ruler's feather headdress
    1428

    Ruler's feather headdress

    Mexica(Aztec)
    1428-1520 CE
    Feathers and gold
  • City of Cusco
    1440

    City of Cusco

    Santo Domingo and Walls at Saqsa Waman
    Central highlands, Peru
    Inka
    Andesite
  • Maize Cobs
    1440

    Maize Cobs

    Inca
    1440-1533 CE
    Sheet metal and metal alloys
  • City of Machu Picchu
    1450

    City of Machu Picchu

    Central highlands, Peru
    Inka
    1450-1540 CE
    Granite
  • All-T'oqapu tunic
    1450

    All-T'oqapu tunic

    Inka
    1450-1540 CE
    Camelid fiber and cotton
  • Bandolier bag

    Bandolier bag

    Lenape (Delaware tribe, Eastern Woodlands)
    Beadwork on leather
  • Transformation Mask

    Transformation Mask

    Kwakwaka'wakw
    Northwest coast of Canada
    Late 19th century
    wood, paint and string
  • Painted elk hide

    Painted elk hide

    Attributed to Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody)
    Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Resevation, Wyoming
    1890-1900 CE
    Painted elk hide
  • Black on Black ceramic Vessel

    Black on Black ceramic Vessel

    Maria Martínez and Julian Martínez
    Pueblo, New Mexico
    mid-20th century
    blackware ceramic