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APAH Vocabulary Ch. 14
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
04/02/2011

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Adobe
Definition
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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Atlantid
Definition
A male figure that functions as a supporting column. See also caryatid.
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Atlatl
Definition
Spear-thrower, the typical weapon of the Toltecs of ancient Mexico.
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Backstrap loom
Definition
A simple Andean loom featuring a belt or backstrap encircling the waist of the seated weaver.
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Celt
Definition
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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Effigy Mounds
Definition
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embroidery
Definition
The technique of sewing threads onto a finished ground to form contrasting designs.
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fret or meander
Definition
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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Gorget
Definition
A neck pendant.
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Kiva
Definition
A large circular underground structure that is the spiritual and ceremonial center of Pueblo Indian life.
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Mesoamerica
Definition
The region that comprises Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and the Pacific coast of El Salvador.
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pre-Columbian
Definition
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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Pueblo
Definition
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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roof comb
Definition
The elaborately sculpted vertical projection surmounting a Maya temple-pyramid.
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tapestry
Definition
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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terracotta
Definition
Hard-baked clay, used for sculpture and as a building material. It may be glazed or painted.
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warp
Definition
The vertical threads of a loom or cloth.
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weft
Definition
The horizontal threads of a loom or cloth.
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