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| The clay used to make a kind of sun-dried mud brick of the same name; a building made of such brick. |
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| A male figure that functions as a supporting column. See also caryatid. |
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| Spear-thrower, the typical weapon of the Toltecs of ancient Mexico. |
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| A simple Andean loom featuring a belt or backstrap encircling the waist of the seated weaver. |
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| In Olmec Mexico, an ax-shaped form made of polished jade; generally, a prehistoric metal or stone implement shaped like a chisel or ax head. |
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| The technique of sewing threads onto a finished ground to form contrasting designs. |
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| An ornament, usually in bands but also covering broad surfaces, consisting of interlocking geometric motifs. An ornamental pattern of contiguous straight lines joined usually at right angles. |
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| A large circular underground structure that is the spiritual and ceremonial center of Pueblo Indian life. |
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| The region that comprises Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and the Pacific coast of El Salvador. |
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| The cultures that flourished in the Western Hemisphere before the arrival of Christopher Columbus and the beginning of European contact and conquest. |
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| A communal multistoried dwelling made of stone or adobe brick by the Native Americans of the Southwest; with cap. also used to refer to various groups that occupied such dwellings. |
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| The elaborately sculpted vertical projection surmounting a Maya temple-pyramid. |
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| A weaving technique in which the weft threads are packed densely over the warp threads so that the designs are woven directly into the fabric. |
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| Hard-baked clay, used for sculpture and as a building material. It may be glazed or painted. |
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| The vertical threads of a loom or cloth. |
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| The horizontal threads of a loom or cloth. |
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