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68 Cards in this Set
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corbel vault |
Mayan architecture, brick vaulting that comes to a point |
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Talud/tablero |
flat to tilted tiling from teotihuacan |
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axis mundi |
central world tree |
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nawal/naway |
indigenous language |
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Popol vuh |
story of earth and human's creation |
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stela |
decorated flat on architecture |
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Tzolk'in Haab |
260-day calendar 365-day calendar |
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sacbe |
raised limestone road |
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codex |
accordian-style folding book |
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xibalba |
the underworld-- entrance thru cave in copan |
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itz |
secretions used for sacred values ex. tears, blood, sweat, sap |
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tzompantli |
skull rack |
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chacmool |
reclining figure used for offerings |
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tlaloc also known as chac |
rain god, googly eyes |
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hunapu and xbalanche |
hun hunapu's twins who created humans |
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k'awil |
god k, identified with serpents, fertility and maize |
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maize god also known as hun hunapu |
1st world twin |
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coatlique |
snake woman--2 snake heads |
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huitzilopochtli |
god of war, son of coatlique |
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tezacatlipoca |
aztec deity,turquoise mask with black eyes |
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hacha, yoke, palma |
decorative waistband |
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copal |
sap that burns to communicate with the gods |
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roofcombs |
"headdresses" for temples |
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bacabs |
4 deities of corners of the earth |
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veneer masonry/mosaic facades |
v popular in lowlands and puucs |
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symbolism with natural phenomens |
snakes=blood caves=entrance to otherworld caimans, jaguars, quetzal= powerful |
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olmec |
vera cruz region, preclassic era |
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zapotec |
middle preclassic |
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teotihuacanos |
late preclassic |
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maya (lowland, highland, puuc) |
tikal and copan regions classic |
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toltec and aztec |
post classic |
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nave |
center of church |
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repousse |
metalwork hammered |
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retablo |
small devotional painting derived from catholic church |
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cloister |
where the monks lived in the church |
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atrium |
atrio, open air enclosed space |
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atrial cross |
central courtyard cross, generally in line with center of church |
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posa chapels |
4 chapels at atrium corners, enter/exit counterclockwise |
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open chapel |
new spain architecture, not intended to be finished |
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espadana |
similar to bell tower in a church |
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biombo |
decorated folding screen |
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talavera |
milky white glazed pottery |
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pasta de cana |
cane paste and orchid juice used around corn husk |
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amanteca |
feather work |
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fresco/seco |
wet/dry painting technique |
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gilding |
gold leafing |
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alfiz |
flat pattern around doorway |
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alfarje |
woodwork for ceiling vaulting-- inlaid, doesn't use nails |
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charles v |
emperor during 16th century for spain and austria |
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hernan cortez |
spanish conquistador caused fall of aztec empire |
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malinche |
donna maria cortez's translator and baby mama |
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viceroy/ viceregal |
royalty |
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encomienda/encomenderos |
"almost" slave owners and land owners |
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cacique |
leader of indigenous groups |
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mudejar |
architecture imported from spain-- combines flattened patterns and mesoamerican style |
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renaissance |
rebirth of classics--less reliance on religion |
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gothic |
rib vaulting |
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plateresque |
renaissance but flattened |
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classic architecture |
rounded arches, columns, specific proportions, turrets |
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mestizo |
european and amerindian descent |
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creole |
spanish conquest brought free africans |
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manila galleon |
trade route between china, mexico and spain |
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reconquista |
in 1492, pushes out muslims and jewish people from spain |
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treaty of tordesillas,1494 |
split ownership of mesoamerica between spain and portugual(they got brazil) |
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laws of the indies,1542 pope paul III |
law says indigenious cannot be enslaved |
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porteria |
geometric arches that lead to atrium in front of churches |
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fray bernardino de sahagún |
interested in indigenous language--created 13 volume book including florentine codex |
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fray diego de landa |
burned everything |