Module 12 Flashcards
(32 cards)
Aspero Site
Home to Huaca de los Sacrificios.
Huaca de los Sacrificios
A pyramid that is 400 years older than the Egyptian ones.
Ojos de Dios
Objects of string and cane..
Cerro Sechin
Centre of city’s ceremonial district. Walls have murals of felines, likely pumas.
Stone Reliefs
Large monoliths depict people taking part of ritual processions. The smaller reliefs have gruesome trophies of war.
Chavin de Huantar
Pilgrimage centre. Birthplace of Peru’s Horizon Style.
The Old Temple
Over 15 reconstructions.
Battered walls
Sloped backwards.
Tenon heads
decorated the top of the Old Temple. Human, animal, and composite beings.
The Lanzon
Depicts the primary deity of the Old Temple.
Primary deity also called the Smiling God.
New Temple
Start of black-and-white phase. Was the south platform of the Old Temple, got renovated. Black and white portal here.
Raimundi Stela
Carving of Smiling God at New Temple. Can be inverted..
Paracas
Influenced by Chavin art and tech.
Mummy bundle
were in baskets. were wrapped in cloth and animal fur.
Paracas mantle
a ritual procession of dancers. it is active..
Paracas oculate being
green body, big creepy head. generally holds a trophy head.
Tiahuanaco Staff God
present on the Sun Gate,
Nazca vs nasca
nazca = valley
nasca = culture.
nasca sampler
birds depicted on cotton sampler.
Geoglyph
lines etched onto the ground. would require few workers.
Cahuachi
Pilgrimage centre. ~40 mounds here.
Moche
one of the driest places on earth.
feline painted ceramics.
fineline painted. over 50 artists identified.
Cleveland painter
specialized in depicting ritual runners.
