Early American Civilizations: Interesting Photos

Once I tumble down a rabbit hole, and start searching the internet on a subject that holds my interest (see my post on the Chachapoyan peoples), I keep falling. 

I retired from teaching in 2008. So I have plenty of time to go exploring.

You can find all kinds of great photos on the internet to use in your classes. Here are a few I found. I believe you can click on any of them, make copies for your own use, and use them as you will. All represent native American cultures.

Here are a few, in no particular order:

Timeline of Peruvian civilizations; sorry it's not in English.

Chavin drinking vessel; half man, half jaguar decoration?

Chavin pottery.

The famous Nazca lines.

Nazca pottery.

 

Moche temple wall.

Moche design; possibly a palace wall.

  

Moche art restored.

Moche earrings.

 

Moche religious symbol, made of gold.

 

Sican burial mask; c. A.D. 750-1350, Peru (not shown on timeline above.

Sican ceremonial knife.

Sican gold cups.

Sican drinking pottery.

Tiwanaku tombs (I may have this wrong; forgot to take a note.)

Tiwanaku temple entrance.

  

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Central American peoples:

Olmec stone head: the mother culture of Central America.

Olmec stone head; possible ceremonial ball player?

Olmec jade jaguar; the jaguar was worshiped as a god.

Olmec pottery.

Olmec pottery.

Olmec stone mask.

Plate from Gran Cocle, Panama, c. 150 B. C. E. to A. D. 300.

Gran Cocle pottery design.

Mayan owl head mace.

Mayan relief, city of Palenque.

Mayan warriors (as shown in the movie Apocalypto;
the warrior at right would be carrying a sword edged with obsidian.

Aztec fertility goddess.

Rear view of statue.

Aztec calendar stone: almost twelve feet in diameter and weighing 24 tons.