Aztec, Maya and More! Grades 3-6
This lesson introduces the arts, myths and writing systems of selected Mesoamerican cultures. Ceramic figures, objects made from cast gold, carved limestone and jade are used to glimpse life among the Aztec, Teotihuacan, Maya and Olmec peoples in centuries before European contact.
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Figure of a Warrior, Central Mexico, Aztec, from Tetzcoco?, 14th century after 1325
1984.37
Front Face of a Stela (Free-standing Stone with Relief), Mesoamerica, Southern Lowlands, Maya people (AD 250-900), Classic Period (AD 200 - 1000) 692
1967.29