Prehistoric
Incan
Luxury Items
Native North America
Important Vocabulary
200

Canine

What shape is the camelid sacrum in?

200

Peru

Where are BOTH the City of Cusco and Machu Picchu located?

200

Motecuhzoma II

Who likely owned the ruler's feather headdress?

200

The material used for bags like the Bandolier bag before contact with Europeans.

What are porcupine quills?

200

Great spear in Spanish

What is a lanzon?

400

Ceramic

What is the medium of the Tlatilco female figurine?

400

Hitching post of the sun

What is the meaning of Intihuatana?

400

2

How many feathers do quetzal birds produce?

400

It is characterized by colors of red, blue, green, and black, bilaterally-symmetrical designs, and ovoid shapes.

What is the formline style?

400

A ceremonial feast in which a host demonstrates their generosity by giving gifts

What is a potlatch?

600
The triangular bone at the base of the spine.

What is a sacrum?

600

Puma

What animal does the City of Cusco appear to be?

600

Small rectangular shapes found on the Incan tunic

What is a t'oqapu?

600
The contemporary art movement that influenced the designs of the black-on-black ceramic vessel

What is the Art Deco movement?

600

A technique in which the back side of a plate is hammered to form a raised relief on the front

What is repousee?

800

Duality

What does the bifacial image on the Tlatilco female figurine express?

800

Trapezoidal

What is the traditional Incan shape for entryways?

800

The women who made textiles within the Incan community

Who were the acllas?

800

The dance depicted on the Hide painting of Sun Dance

What is the Wolf Dance?

800

A skull rack used for the public display of human skulls

What is a tzompantli?

1000

It is considered a "second skull" and is connected to fertility.

What is the significance of using a sacrum bone?

1000

To protect from earthquakes

Why was there slight spacing among stones at the City of Cusco?

1000

People who made special feather objects, like the ruler's feather headdress, in the Aztec community

Who were the amanteca?

1000

The tool Cadzi Cody used to decorate his elk hide

What are stamps?

1000

A series of ritual pathways leading outward from Cusco into the rest of the Incan Empire, marking it as an axis mundi

What is the ceques system?

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