Unit 4 - The Art of Indigenous Americas

All of these are elements of a sacred space EXCEPT:

• unusual access

• extraordinary height

• artwork pertaining to deities

• boundaries limiting access

• elaborate entryways

All of these elements show Chavín to be a sacred space EXCEPT:

• the Lanzón Stela statuary

• limited access

• changes in sound

• the nose ornament

This culture created the Lanzón stele

• The Aztecs

• The Chavín culture

• The Inkas

• The Maya

The Lanzon stele and the Buk Mask have this in common

• they both are made of the same materials

• they both depict more than one deity

• they both were found in the center of a temple

• they are both composite creatures

This defines an axis mundi

• any architectural space whose corners align with the four cardinal directions

• a symbolic representation of the world center, between heaven and earth

• art or architecture that is linked to cosmological phenomenon

• a cultural and religious center

Templo Mayor and the City of Cusco have this in common

• they were both considered to be an axis mundi

• they were both residences for kings

• they were both symbolic mountains

• they were both linked to the Inka culture

Chavin culture dated from approximately 1000 - 200 BCE during a period known as:

• Prairie

• Early Horizon

• Azteca

• Mexica

Inside the main sacred space at Chavin de Huantar is a stone pillar called a

• stelae

• lanzon

• banquette

• sipapu

The kivas in Mesa Verde function as

• a family unit comprised of small apartments

• a storage area

• a circular room for ceremonial purposes

• the highest story accessible by ladders

A potlatch is

• a ceremonial distribution of property and gifts to affirm social status

• the closure on the Bandolier Bag

• the mechanism that opens and closes the Transformation Mask

• a ceremony in which tapa is given as an ever-circulating gift