Name That Culture/Location
Naturalistic or Abstract?
Name & Explain That Iconography
Where's This Building?
Name the Influence
100

Cacao Tree Tablet, limestone, 135 cm high, ca. 800 CE (Classic Period), from the Pyramid of the Niches

El Tajín, Veracruz, Mexico

100

Remojadas-Style Seated Leader, ceramic and pigment, 78.7 x 78.5 cm, ca. 600-900 CE (Late Classic Period), Veracruz, Mexico

Naturalistic! 

100

Palma, stone, 61.5 x 22 x 13.1 cm, Postclassic, Totonac, Veracruz, Mexico

Ballgame Yoke

100

Pyramid of the Niches, East Façade, completed by ca. 800 CE (Classic Period)

El Tajín, Veracruz, Mexico

100

Ballcourt Marker, detail of central section, 1 m high, limestone, ca. 414 CE (Early Classic Period), from Group 6C-XVI, Tikal, El Petén, Guatemala

Teotihuacán (Great Goddess)


200

Temple of the Inscriptions (K’inich Janaab’ Pakal I), Cutaway Color Reconstruction Drawing, ca. 683 CE (Late Classic Period)

Maya, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico

200

Stela 6, stone, ca. 468 CE (Classic Period), Cerro de las Mesas, Veracruz, Mexico

Abstract! 

200

Portrait Head of K’inich Janaab’ Pakal I, stucco, ca. 683 CE (Late Classic Period), Maya, from burial crypt, Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico

Maize Blossoms 

200

Structure 5D-43, ca. 400 CE (Early Classic Period), Maya

Tikal, El Petén, Guatemala

200

Monument 122, Relief Panel with the Captive King K’inich K’an Joy Chitam II , limestone, 59 x 83 x 13.5 cm, 711 CE (Late Classic Period), Maya, Toniná, Chiapas, Mexico

Palenque (this is an image of a Palenque king)

300

Lidded Tetrapod Vessel with Day Names, polychrome ceramic, 20.3 x 10.2 cm, ca. 300-450 CE (Early Classic Period)

Maya, from Mundo Perdido Complex, Tikal, El Petén, Guatemala

300

K’inich Ahk’ul Mo’ Naab with Two Attendants, stone, ca. 721-36 CE (Late Classic Period), Maya, Temple XIX, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico

Naturalistic! 

300

Ballcourt Marker, detail of central section, 1 m high, limestone, ca. 414 CE (Early Classic Period), from Group 6C-XVI, Tikal, El Petén, Guatemala

Double-Headed Depiction of the Great Goddess

300

Temple I (Jasaw Chan K’awiil I), dedicated in 741 CE (Late Classic Period), Maya

Great Plaza, Tikal, El Petén, Guatemala

300

Lidded Tripod Vessel, ceramic with stucco and pigment, 29.5 x 15.2 cm, ca. 400-500 CE (Early Classic Period), Esperanza Culture, from Tomb B-II, Mound B, Kaminaljuyú, Guatemala


Teotihuacán (it's the polychrome stucco! And the tripod shape)

400

Remojadas-Style Smiling Male Figure, ceramic with pigment, 49 x 33 x 13 cm, ca. 600-900 CE (Late Classic Period)

Veracruz, Mexico

400

Lidded Tripod Vessel, ceramic with stucco and pigment, 29.5 x 15.2 cm, ca. 400-500 CE (Early Classic Period), Esperanza Culture, from Tomb B-II, Mound B, Kaminaljuyú, Guatemala

Abstract!

400

Northeast Panel (4), South Ballcourt, ca. 800-1000 CE (Late to Terminal Classic Period), El Tajín, Veracruz, Mexico

Death God Rising Out of an Olla (Pulque Pot)

400

Structure 10L-16, Final Phase, Early 8th Century CE (Late Classic Period), Maya

Copán, Honduras

400

Stela 6, stone, ca. 468 CE (Classic Period), Cerro de las Mesas, Veracruz, Mexico

Olmec (Stela tradition), Teotihuacan (the squat figure), the Maya (the long count date) and many other traditions from the Late Formative

500

Altar 8, 734-46 CE (Late Classic Period), Twin Pyramid Group P (Yik’in Chan K’awiil/Ruler B)

Maya, Tikal, El Petén, Guatemala

500

Stela 16 (Jasaw Chan K’awiil I/Ruler A), stone, 711 CE (Late Classic Period), Maya, Twin Pyramid Complex N, Tikal, El Petén, Guatemala

Abstract!

500

Temple of the Cross Tablet (K’inich Kan Balam II), after 680 CE (Late Classic Period), Maya, Temple of the Cross, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico

World Tree

500

Hieroglyphic Stairway, Structure 10L-26 (K’ak’ Yipyaj Chan K’awiil), completed ca. 755 CE (Late Classic Period), Maya

Copán, Honduras

500

Tripod Vessel with Effigy Lid, ceramic, 27 x 11 cm, ca. 350-450 CE (Early Classic Period), Esperanza Culture, Kaminaljuyú, Guatemala

Teotihuacán (thin orange ware, tripod vessel type) & Maya influence (the portrait head)

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