#pre columbian

[artifacts-archive]

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Maya, Mexico/Guatemala, 300 BCE–250 CE

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Crab Vessel with Double Spout.

Place of origin: Colombia, Calima Region

Period: Ilama Period

Date: 1500 B.C.-A.D. 100

Medium: Ceramics

[nobrashfestivity]

Unknown, Codex Style Pottery, Mesoamerican, Kerr Archive of pre-Columbian Art

[jeannepompadour]

An erotic pre-Columbian figurine from the Tairona culture, made using the Tumbaga technique

[desimonewayland]

Mask - Gorget

1000 AD - 1500 AD / Tennessee, United States (late Mississippian culture)

Carved shell

Cincinnati Art Museum

[deafeningsoulpeachrebel]

My New Year's resolution is to start living my life again and actually organize all of the things that I've been "hoarding" over the years. It would be wonderful if I had someone to listen to my nonstop rambling....

[occvltswim]

Allegory of America, Gottfried-Berhard Goetz, 1750.

[katiajewelbox]

Andean Purple corn (Zea mays indurata) is used to make a sweet drink called chicha morada by stewing the kernels. This heritage corn variety has been grown since pre columbian times.

[victusinveritas]

Maya trumpet from Guatemala 300-500ad

[emmaklee]

three-cornered stone (trigonolito)

Taino culture | Dominican Republic (13th-15th century)

[0rph3u5]

Hollis thought he looked like William Burroughs, minus the bohemian substrate (or perhaps the methadone). Like someone who'd be invited quail shooting with the vice-president, though too careful to get himself shot. ― William Gibson Spook Country

[artifacts-archive]

Female Figure

Central Mexico, Tlatilco region, 1400–950 BCE

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Nose Ornament.

Date: A.D. 2nd–6th century

Placeoforigin: Perú

Culture: Vicús

Medium: Gold

[labelleizzy]

Today I learned:

Pre-colombian civilization means

BEFORE COLUMBUS CAME AND FUCKED IT ALL UP

🤦🏻

[jeannepompadour]

Winged runner on an ear ornament, Moche culture, modern day Peru, 3rd-7th century

[desimonewayland]

Mayan pendant made of carved shell, 600-800 CE

Dumbarton Oaks Museum