Vocabulario De América Precolombina Flashcards
(63 cards)
Arte plumario
Art of decorating With feathers
Argamasa
Mortar
Australiodes
People from australia
Ayllu
Clan like social unit of Incas living in a restricted area, sharing land, animals and crops
Calpulli
An Aztec clan that owns land communally
Canchas para el juego de pelota
Ball courts
Códices
Hieroglyphic manuscripts
Coya
The incas wife, the queen. The inca married his own sister as his principal wife
Curacas
Inca chief
El chicle
Sap of the tree used to make chewing gum
Deidad
Deity
Descartar
To throw away
Desplazarse
To remove
Escalonada
Stepped, like a staircase
Escritura jeroglífica
Hieroglyphic writing
El frijol
Bean
Mayeques
Laborers
Melano-polinesios
People from Melanesia and Polynesia
Mongoloides
People with Mongolian features
Orfebrería
Gold and silversmithing
Pagar tributos
To give an offering
Parentesco
Kinship
Popol vuh
Sacred book of origins of the Mayan people
Quetzalcóatl
The plumed serpent, a maya and Aztec god whose name comes from quetzal (bird) and coatl (serpent)