Arts in the Americas

Lecture 10

Slide list

 

Nazca, AD 1 - 700

Pampas as Sacred Space:

         Trapezoidal and Bird geoglyphs, 1-700

         Vessel depicting Mythical Landscape, 200-400

 

Geoglyphs: Biomorphic, Geometric, Lineal, and Radial (ray centers), ÒNazca Lines,Ó 1-700 AD

         Hummingbird geoglyph, 1-700

            Radial and trapezoidal, 1-700

 

Vessels:

Double spout and bridge bottle: Achira root

Double spout and bridge bottle: Tern eating fish

            c.f. Frigate Bird Geoglyph

Drinking vessel: Monkey

                        c.f. Monkey Geoglyph

            Drinking vessel: Flying Shaman (or Anthropomorphic Mystical Being)

 

Vessel depicting composite whale, feline, human, 50-200 AD

         c.f. Paracas, Mantle, detail: shark impersonator, c.100-200 AD

        

Killer Whale (or shark) geoglyph, 1-700 AD

 

Stepped double-spout-and-bridge vessel with battle scene, 200-500

 

Vessel depicting seated chieftain in ceremonial dress, 200-400 AD

 

 

Terms:

Rio Grande de Nazca and Ica River valleys; Pampa

Ayllu (kin-based landholding unit)

Cahuachi (ceremonial center)

Kairns (rock piles)

Anthropomorphic Mystical Being, Killer Whale, Mouth mask

Archeology, Formal analysis, Iconography, Ethnographic Analogy