6–6% of the AP exam. Key topics: Mesoamerican civilizations: Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Aztec (Mexica) — monumental architecture, calendrical sculpture, ritual objects, Andean civilizations: Chavin, Moche, Nazca, Wari, Inca — textiles, ceramics, goldwork, site planning, North American Indigenous traditions: Mississippian mounds, Southwest Pueblo architecture, Northwest Coast carving and weaving, Ritual and cosmological function of art and architecture in Indigenous American contexts, Materials and techniques: jade, obsidian, featherwork, quipu, adobe, stone masonry, Continuity of Indigenous American artistic traditions into the colonial and modern periods, Post-colonial and contemporary Indigenous American art reclaiming traditional forms.
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