Content Area 5: Indigenous Americas
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14 ARTWORKS - 6% of AP EXAM
Major Civilizations
Andes Civilizations
* Chavin (900-200 BCE) Coastal Peru
* Inca (1400-1521) Peru (no writing but a kept a record system, khipu)
Mesoamerica
* Mayan (300-900 CE) Belize, Gautemala, Honduras, Yucatan
* Aztecs (1400-1521) Central Mexico
North America
* Anasazi (550-1400 CE) American Southwest
* Mississippian (800-1500 CE) Eastern United States
* NW Coast Native American (18th c - present) Pacific Northwest
QUICK HISTORY
* Indigenous cultures of North America date back to
10,000 BCE but most artifacts date only from the last 2,000 years
* Geography plays a huge role in Andean Art. Coastal plains acted individually
while in the mountains they united against the elements.
* Old civilizations are used as foundations for new ones. (building upon
preexisting sites)
* Artworks were often part of a workshop where many worked on one piece
* Pre-Columbian cultures occupy what is now Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras,
and parts of El Salvador before Christopher Columbus invaded the area
* The Aztec Empire was the dominant power in Mesoamerica before Henan Cortes
overthrew them
* Developed huge city-states that prominently featured temple complexes rivaling
any on Earth
* Rapid decline of civilizations in the 16th c. due to the introduction of
disease by the Europeans
* With the arrival of the Europeans, the native people of North and South
America were destroyed and persecuted. Archeology, oral tradition, documents,
and museum records are the basis for research
Student Resources
* YouTube: Serpent Mound
* YouTube: Kwakiutl Ceremonial Dance
* Read more on
Chavin de Huantar by Stanford University
* National Geographic: BBC
Aztec History
* National Geographic:
The Maya: Lost
Civilization
*
Machu Picchu by National Geographic
*
Ghosts
of Machu Picchu documentary by Nova (Alternate
link)
* Video describing the
City of Cusco
* Visit the National
Museum of the American Indian: Navajo Paintings
* Maria Martinez, 1972
documentary (26 minutes)
* Brooklyn Museum:
painted elk hides
* Danielle Kay's
dance presentation
* Visit Khan Academy's SmartHistory AP Art History section on
Indigenous Americas.
* Artwork List (in Google Drive PowerPoints)
* Q Cards & Snapshot Sheets with Images
* Vocabulary
Vocabulary
1. Mesoamerica
2. pre-Columbian
3. effigy mound
4. earthwork
5. ashlar masonry
6. courses
7. comb roof
8. repousse
VIDEOS
Mrs. McConnell's lectures on the art of the Indigenous Americas
(NOTE: Test format of Mrs. McConnell does NOT refer to how this unit will be tested in the same manner. More info to come!)
AP Art History Student-created Indigenous Americas Review
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Thank you so much to Lynn Wilkinson, Mary McConnell, Valerie Park and Martha Kunz
for all their quidance and resources.