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Ancient Isthmian Metalwork in Reproduction: Researched by Trevor Heitz

January, 2021 by Sarah Teel

Contrary to popular misconceptions, metalwork dates back to very ancient times in the Americas, with copperworking in the Great Lakes Region of North America starting as early as 5,000 BCE.  By the first millennium BCE, the Andean cultures of South America had developed metalwork processes, and these practices spread up into the Isthmian region of lower Central America by the … [Read more...] about Ancient Isthmian Metalwork in Reproduction: Researched by Trevor Heitz

Filed Under: 2018 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas Tagged With: 20th century art, colombia, colombian mestizo cultures, gran chiriquí, Gran Chiriquí culture, isthmian metalwork, metalwork, panama, panamanian mestizo cultures, quimbaya culture, quimbaya female shaman, reproductions, tairona cacique, tairona culture, tolima culture, tolima pendant

Mesoamerican Sculptures in Reproduction: Researched by Jordan Seyer

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

Cultures throughout Mesoamerica produced ceramic figurines from the earliest periods through the time of contact with Europeans.  These figurines depicted people of all levels of status, from common people to rulers, and the figurines also depicted deities.  The study of ceramic figurines also illustrates how depictions of deities changed and developed through time.  The … [Read more...] about Mesoamerican Sculptures in Reproduction: Researched by Jordan Seyer

Filed Under: 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: 20th century art, central mexican cultures, classic period, kulkulcan, maya culture, maya mestizo cultures, mexican mestizo cultures, olmec cultures, pitao cozobi, preclassic/formative period, quetzalcoatl, reproductions, teotihuacan, zapotec culture

Mesoamerican Art in Reproduction: Researched by Leslie Dunaway and Macaylah Gant Hodge

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

This group of artworks consists of tourist-trade reproductions inspired by some famous, and some not-as-famous, works of ancient Precolumbian art, including works from the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Teotihuacano, Mixtec, and West Mexican cultures.  The reproductions are generally made by artisans who are indigenous or are of Mestizo (mixed indigenous and Spanish) heritage, often … [Read more...] about Mesoamerican Art in Reproduction: Researched by Leslie Dunaway and Macaylah Gant Hodge

Filed Under: 2017 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: alux, aztec mestizo culture, aztec stone of the five suns, button, central mexican mestizo culture, earring, late 20th century art, maskette, maya chacmool, maya hieroglyph, maya hieroglyph sotz, maya mestizo culture, maya relief sculpture, mixtec mestizo culture, mosaic funerary mask, olmec, olmec figural axe, reproductions, sotz, teotihuacano, teotihuacano maskette, teotihuacano mosaic funerary mask, west mexican dog figurines, west mexican mestizo culture, xipe totec mask

Ozarks vs. Mesoamerican Projectile Points: A Comparison: Researched by Matthew Thomas

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

Ancient Native American stone points from the American Midwest and Great Plains are often comparable to stone points in Mesoamerica, as although they were made at different times and the types of stone may differ, similar points were often developed for similar purposes in different parts of the world.  Comparison illustrates that the Midwest Cahokia Point and the Great Plains … [Read more...] about Ozarks vs. Mesoamerican Projectile Points: A Comparison: Researched by Matthew Thomas

Filed Under: 2017 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: cahokia point, kings point, north american archaic cultures, north american mississippian cultures, reproductions, stealth point

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  • 2017 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
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  • 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica

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