AP Art History:: Unit 5 - Indigenous Americas

Which Indigenous American artwork, architectural site, or ritual cultural tradition is described below?

*Andean ceremonial pilgrimage complex (c. 900–200 BCE) featuring a subterranean stone labyrinth housing the towering 15-foot carved granite Lanzón stele depicting a fanged feline-human deity.*

**A)** Chavín de Huántar (Lanzón Stele)
**B)** City of Cusco
**C)** Machu Picchu
**D)** Templo Mayor

Which Indigenous American artwork, architectural site, or ritual cultural tradition is described below?

*A wedge-shaped carved granite pillar depicting an anthropomorphic jaguar-human deity with snarl, serpent hair, and talons, positioned at the cosmic crossroads of subterranean sound tunnels.*

**A)** Lanzón Stele
**B)** Anthropomorphic Stele
**C)** Coatlicue
**D)** Sun Stone

Which Indigenous American artwork, architectural site, or ritual cultural tradition is described below?

*Limestone temple lintels from Chiapas, Mexico (c. 725 CE) depicting Lady Xook performing royal bloodletting (pulling barbed cord through tongue) to induce visionary ancestral serpent hallucinations.*

**A)** Yaxchilán (Lintels 24 & 25 - Maya)
**B)** Templo Mayor
**C)** Codex Mendoza
**D)** Chavín de Huántar

Which Indigenous American artwork, architectural site, or ritual cultural tradition is described below?

*Monumental twin-pyramid temple complex in Mexico City (c. 1375–1520 CE) dedicated to Huitzilopochtli (sun/war) and Tlaloc (rain), housing the carved Coyolxauhqui monolith.*

**A)** Templo Mayor (Tenochtitlan)
**B)** Chavín de Huántar
**C)** Yaxchilán
**D)** Cusco Temple of the Sun

Which Indigenous American artwork, architectural site, or ritual cultural tradition is described below?

*Massive volcanic stone disc (c. 1469 CE) depicting the dismembered, decapitated moon goddess Coyolxauhqui thrown down the mountain by her brother Huitzilopochtli, placed at the base of Templo Mayor.*

**A)** Coyolxauhqui Stone
**B)** Calendar Stone (Sun Stone)
**C)** Olmec Colossal Head
**D)** Coatlicue

Which Indigenous American artwork, architectural site, or ritual cultural tradition is described below?

*Royal Mexica (Aztec) headdress made of 400 iridescent green quetzal tail feathers, cotinga feathers, and gold ornaments (c. 1428–1520 CE), symbolizing divine solar authority and military power.*

**A)** Ruler's Feather Headdress (Moctezuma II)
**B)** All-T'oqapu Tunic
**C)** Transformation Mask
**D)** Ahu 'ula

Which Indigenous American artwork, architectural site, or ritual cultural tradition is described below?

*Capital of the Inka Empire in Peru (c. 1440 CE) laid out in the shape of a puma, featuring Qorikancha (Temple of the Sun) and masterly seismic ashlar masonry curved walls.*

**A)** City of Cusco (Inka Capital)
**B)** Machu Picchu
**C)** Tenochtitlan
**D)** Chavín de Huántar

Which Indigenous American artwork, architectural site, or ritual cultural tradition is described below?

*The central spiritual temple in Cusco dedicated to the sun god Inti, clad in solid gold plates, whose curved ashlar stone foundation now supports the Santo Domingo church.*

**A)** Qorikancha (Temple of the Sun)
**B)** Saksaywamán
**C)** Machu Picchu
**D)** Templo Mayor