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Artisan of transformation mask with bird-like exterior and human interior
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Kwakwaha'wakw
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Constructor of walls at Saqsa Wama
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Inca
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Artisan of Calendar Stone holding a sacrificial flint knife
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Aztec
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(Theorized to have) constructed fully-metal Qorinkancha garden
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Inca
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Housed pilgrimage site with a stone that is theorized to have acted as an oracle
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Chavín
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Extant in southwestern United States
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Puebloan
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Notable for building in a trapezoidal shape, stones taping upwards
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Inca
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Began using firearms and horses to hunt the dwindling bison population after contact with Europeans
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Eastern Shoshone
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Artisan of black-on-black ceramic vessel
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Puebloan
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Targeted hides towards European and American collectors and tourist
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Eastern Shoshone
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Infamous for aggressiveness (e.g. bloodletting, human sacrifices) as aspect of circle of life
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Aztec
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Artisan of Lanzón Stone
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Chavín
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Collected (and obtained from trading) feathers from sacred quetzal birds
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Aztec
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Builders of Templo Mayor
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Aztec
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Builder of Chavín de Huántar
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Chavín
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Women wove fine textiles using backstrap weaving, a highly distinguished art form
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Inca
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Artisan of Maize cobs made of metal alloys using repoussé
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Inca
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Built remote royal retreat high in the mountains
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Inca
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Capital city placed at the convergence of four main highways and unified four regions of the empire
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Inca
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Centered in Mesoamerica, in Mexico
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Aztec
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Performed rituals using transformation masks, often accompanied by drumming in the "big house"
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Kwakwaha'wakw
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Preferred abstract, standardized designs in t'oqapu that expressed unity and order
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Inca
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Famed for ashlar masonry, fitting of perfectly-grooved stones to be long-standing and earthquake-resistant
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Inca
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Major city located on an thick oxbow river, with water and a bottleneck as protection
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Mayan
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Built a lintel with inverted hieroglyphics, which is very unusual
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Mayan
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Had many ladders to ascend many ordered, stacked rooms
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Puebloan
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Admirer of Olmec-style mask
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Aztec
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Developed black-on-black ceramic vessels contrasting shiny black with matte finishes
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Puebloan
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Extant in eastern United States
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Mississippian
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Prominently used corbelled vaulting and long roof combs
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Mayan
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Featured artist signed works of fellow tribespeople she did not work on to increase their value
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Puebloan
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Home of Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody)
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Eastern Shoshone
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Built twin temples, one of which dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, god of sun and war
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Aztec
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Had impressive city-state of Cahokia, Illinois
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Mississippian
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Extant in Wyoming
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Eastern Shoshone
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Constructor of Qorikancha
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Inca
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Extant in northwest coast of Canada
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Kwakwaha'wakw
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Held ceremonies around "hitching post of the sun," which aligned with the sun at the spring and autumn equinoxes
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Inca
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Created object thrown into controversy over showcasing in Vienna instead of native country due to singularity and importance
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Aztec
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Used teepees as portable habitats
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Eastern Shoshone
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Believed in the Vision Serpent, likely due to bloodletting-induced hallucinations
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Mayan
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Thousand-year-old tradition of pottery-making; revitalized in the mid-20th century
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Puebloan
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Built an extensive trading network, the Carpa Nan, spanning over 25,000 miles
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Inca
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Artisans of a lintel of Lady Xook and the Vision Serpent
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Mayan
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Centered in Mesoamerica, mostly south of Mexico
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Mayan
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Gathered variety of materials via tributary system with conquered city-states
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Aztec
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Made bandolier bags with leather as well as beads and silk, both imported from Europe
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Lenape
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Artisan of a gold nose ornament with serpent motifs
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Chavín
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Artisan of painted elk hide featuring the sun dance
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Eastern Shoshone
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Gained far-away materials, such as obsidian, due to trading networks
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Aztec
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