APAH - Indigenous Americas Cultures

Given the clue, enter the name of the Indigenous American culture most-applicable. Some clues may apply to multiple tribes, but only include that which are referenced (via a featured artwork) on the 250 list.

Only culture which have designated artworks are considered

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Hint	Culture
Possibly donated feather headdress to Cortez as tribute to Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire	Aztec
Had many ladders to ascend many ordered, stacked rooms	Puebloan
Constructor of Qorikancha	Inca
Artisan of relief sculpture of jaguars	Chavín
Built a lintel with inverted hieroglyphics, which is very unusual	Mayan
Famous for creation of pueblos, using local materials	Puebloan
Extant before common era in Peru	Chavín
Prominently featured chac mools which were sculpture half-sitting and half-lying on their back	Mayan
Built twin temples, one of which dedicated to Tlaloc, god of rain and agriculture	Aztec
Infamous for aggressiveness (e.g. bloodletting, human sacrifices) as aspect of circle of life	Aztec
Major city located on an thick oxbow river, with water and a bottleneck as protection	Mayan
Centered in Mesoamerica, mostly south of Mexico	Mayan
Built remote royal retreat high in the mountains	Inca
Artisan of Calendar Stone holding a sacrificial flint knife	Aztec
Had an unusual concept of beauty: favored arching brow and continuous bridge between forehead and nose	Mayan
Extant in southwestern United States	Puebloan
Constructed mounds possibly to measure or praise astrological phenomena, like solstices or Haley's comet	Mississippian
Made bandolier bags with leather as well as beads and silk, both imported from Europe	Lenape
Builder of Mesa Verde cliff dwellings	Puebloan
Believed in the Vision Serpent, likely due to bloodletting-induced hallucinations	Mayan
Featured artist tailored work towards European perception of native culture to make a living	Eastern Shoshone
Builder of Yaxchilán	Mayan
Created object thrown into controversy over showcasing in Vienna instead of native country due to singularity and importance	Aztec
Gathered variety of materials via tributary system with conquered city-states	Aztec
Major temple contains a jaguar sculpture, a symbol of power	Chavín

Hint	Culture
Artisan of Maize cobs made of metal alloys using repoussé	Inca
Constructor of Great Serpent Mound	Mississippian
Women wove fine textiles using backstrap weaving, a highly distinguished art form	Inca
Art often favor figural compositions and zoomorphism	Chavín
Artisan of circular relief sculpture of Coyolxauhqui	Aztec
Capital city placed at the convergence of four main highways and unified four regions of the empire	Inca
Gained far-away materials, such as obsidian, due to trading networks	Aztec
Targeted hides towards European and American collectors and tourist	Eastern Shoshone
Artisan of black-on-black ceramic vessel	Puebloan
Held ceremonies around "hitching post of the sun," which aligned with the sun at the spring and autumn equinoxes	Inca
Used teepees as portable habitats	Eastern Shoshone
Often used adobe bricks to form shelter, though featured site uses sandstone	Puebloan
Artisan of a gold nose ornament with serpent motifs	Chavín
Had impressive city-state of Cahokia, Illinois	Mississippian
Builder of Machu Picchu	Inca
Artisans of a lintel of Lady Xook and the Vision Serpent	Mayan
Extant in Delaware	Lenape
Made woven goods of t'oqapu, small rectangular squares	Inca
Featured artist signed works of fellow tribespeople she did not work on to increase their value	Puebloan
Built step-like pyramid atop remains of six others	Aztec
Performed sun dances (later outlawed by the US) involving dancing, singing, feasting, etc. to honor the Creator for bounty of the land	Eastern Shoshone
Capital city (theorized to be) in the shape of a puma, with the plaza in the belly, fortress in the head, and central square in the heart	Inca
Most affected by market shift away from utilitarian towards decorative vessels	Puebloan
Prominently used corbelled vaulting and long roof combs	Mayan
Began using firearms and horses to hunt the dwindling bison population after contact with Europeans	Eastern Shoshone