Compton's Atlas of the Ancient World/Compton's Atlas of the Ancient World.iso/pc/media/ca/hl/iw/cahliw10.cap

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1    0    A mask from Teotihuacan made of turquoise and coral, with eyes of shell and obsidian.
2    0    A carved stone plaque from Monte Alban, showing an elderly couple engaged in a ritual, perhaps related to the dead.
8    0    A warrior from Teotihuacan armed with an atlatl, depicted on a stele from the Maya centre of Tikal.
11    0    A four-footed bowl made of the characteristic Usulutan ware, found at the Maya centre of Tikal.
13    0    A pottery figurine from the Colima region depicting a dog, apparently fattened up to be eaten.
5    0    A temple pyramid from the early centre of Cuicuilco. The city's development was arrested by a volcanic eruption.
7    0    A tripod vessel made of characteristic Teotihuacan Orange Ware, decorated with heads of feathered jaguars.
9    0    An image of the nature god Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent, on his temple at Teotihuacan.
3    0    Carved figures known as 'Danzantes' actually depict sacrificed and tortured people.
4    0    The earliest known written stela in Mesoamerica, from San Jose Mogote.
10    0    The ballcourt at Monte Alban.
6    0    Masks and other ritual objects were made of materials imported from near and far, like this example in onyx.
12    0    A temple at Kaminaljuyu, built in the typical Teotihuacan 'talud-tablero' style with alternating sloping and vertical faces.