This Inka site is famous for its mountain setting, agricultural terraces, and precisely fitted stone walls.
What is Machu Picchu?
This civilization constructed Machu Picchu and made the All-T’oqapu Tunic.
Who are the Inka?
The Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings were constructed primarily from sandstone, wooden beams, and this binding material.
What is mortar?
The circular underground or partly underground rooms at Mesa Verde were used for community gatherings and religious ceremonies are called this.
What are Kiva's?
The rectangular fields filled with geometric patterns on an Inka royal tunic are called this.
What are t’oqapu?
This enormous Ohio earthwork was constructed in the shape of a snake.
What is the Great Serpent Mound?
The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by people belonging to this cultural group.
Who are the Ancestral Puebloans?
The Lenape Bandolier Bag was decorated with thousands of these small, colorful objects.
What are glass beads?
The Bandolier Bag was worn across the body during important public and ceremonial occasions but was not generally used to carry these.
What is ammunition or supplies?
These stepped farming features helped the inhabitants of Machu Picchu manage steep slopes and control water.
What are agricultural terraces?
This beaded bag displayed the cultural identity and status of its Lenape owner.
What is the Bandolier Bag?
Yaxchilán was an important city belonging to this Mesoamerican civilization.
Who are the Maya?
The Hide Painting of a Sun Dance was painted on the hide of this large North American animal.
What is an elk?
The Kwakwaka’wakw Transformation Mask was opened dramatically during this ceremonial event involving feasting, dancing, and gift-giving.
What is a potlatch?
The two shrines at the top of the Templo Mayor represented the sacred mountain of rain and the mountain associated with this Mexica war god.
Who is Huitzilopochtli?
This Mexica structure had twin temples dedicated to Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli.
What is the Templo Mayor?
The Templo Mayor stood at the center of this Mexica capital city.
What is Tenochtitlán?
The green feathers on the Ruler’s Feather Headdress came from this prized Mesoamerican bird.
What is the quetzal?
Chavín de Huántar attracted visitors from distant regions, making it this type of religious destination.
What is a pilgrimage center?
When opened, a Transformation Mask may reveal this human image hidden inside an animal’s face.
What is an ancestor’s face?
This garment features rows of small, square geometric designs associated with groups and territories.
What is the All-T’oqapu Tunic?
Transformation Masks are associated with this Indigenous nation of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Who are the Kwakwaka’wakw?
Inka artists created the Maize Cobs primarily from these two precious metals.
What are gold and silver?
The Maize Cobs formed part of a symbolic garden at this important Inka temple in Cuzco.
What is the Qorikancha, or Temple of the Sun?
The serpent shape of the Great Serpent Mound may relate to transformation, the natural world, and this type of celestial event.
What is an eclipse?
This ancient Andean religious center contains underground galleries and the carved Lanzón stone.
What is Chavín de Huántar?
The Hide Painting of a Sun Dance is attributed to Cotsiogo, an artist from this Indigenous nation.
Who are the Eastern Shoshone?
Inka builders shaped stones so precisely that the blocks fit together without using this binding substance.
What is mortar?
On Yaxchilán Lintel 24, Lady Xook performs this ritual to communicate with ancestors and legitimize royal authority.
What is bloodletting?
Some scholars believe the overall plan of the City of Cuzco resembled this powerful animal.
What is a puma?