MESOAMERICA

Early-Middle Pre-Classic periods, 1500—300 B.C

Olmec culture, Las Bocas
Olmec culture, Tlapacoya
Olmec culture, Mexico/Guatemala
Olmec culture, Puebla, Mexico
Olmec culture, Tlatilco
Olmec culture, San Lorenzo
Olmec culture, Remojadas
Olmec culture, Tres Zapotes
Olmec culture, La Venta
Olmec culture, Salinas La Blanca, Guatemala
Olmec culture, Playa de Los Muertos, Honduras
Isla culture, Tlapacoya
Transitional Tlatilco culture, Tlatilco
Tlatilco culture, Tlatilco
Tlatilco culture, Tlapacoya
Tlatilco culture, Las Bocas
Tlatilco culture, Puebla
Tlatilco culture, Xochipala
Olmecoid culture, Mexico/Guatemala
Pacific Slope culture, Mexico/Guatemala
Ocos culture, Guatemala
Salinas La Blanca Jocotal culture, Guatemala
Salinas La Blanca Escaleron-Frontera culture, Guatemala
Pacific Highlands culture, Guatemala
Las Charcas culture, Guatemala
Ticoman culture
Canitas culture
Zacatenco culture
Chalcatzingo culture


Late Preclassic period, 300 B.C—A.D. 250

Classic period, A.D. 250—850

Early Post Classic period, A.D. 850—1200

Late Post Classic period, A.D. 1200—1521


CENTRAL AMERICA AND NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA

Costa Rica
Panama
Ecuador
Colombia


CARIBBEAN

Dominican Republic/Haiti/Puerto Rico/Cuba


ANDEAN SOUTH AMERICA

Early Horizon, 1200-100 B.C.
Early Intermediate period, 100 B.C.-A.D. 600
Middle Horizon, A.D. 600-1000
Late Intermediate period, A.D. 1000-1450
Late Horizon, A.D. 1450-1575

Early Intermediate period, 100 B.C.-A.D. 600

Late Vicus culture
Peru

GOLD NOSE ORNAMENT

Early Intermediate period, 200 B.C.-A.D. 700
gold
Dimension: 3.25in x 4.5in x 0in
8.255cm x 11.43cm x 0cm
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf – 1987.035.015

Late Vicus culture
Peru

NOSE ORNAMENT

Early Intermediate period, 200 B.C.-A.D. 700
gold
Dimension: 3in x 4.25in x 0in
7.6cm x 10.8cm x 0cm
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf – 1987.035.014

Moche III culture
Peru

HANDLE SPOUT VESSEL WITH STANDING MALE FIGURE

Early Intermediate period, Moche III phase, A.D. 200-450
earthenware
Dimension: 8.63in x 6.25in x 0in
21.92cm x 15.875cm x 0cm
1972 University of Notre Dame Purchase – 1972.029.002

Moche III culture
Peru

HANDLE SPOUT FOOTED VESSEL WITH SEATED FIGURE

Early Intermediate period, Moche III phase, A.D. 200-450
slipped earthenware
Dimension: 9in x 8.25in x 0in
22.86cm x 20.955cm x 0cm
Gift of May Walter – 1972.027.001

Moche III culture
Peru

STIRRUP SPOUT VESSEL OF SEATED MALE

Early Intermediate period, Moche III phase, A.D. 200-450
slipped earthenware
Dimension: 9.75in x 7.7in x 0in
24.765cm x 19.558cm x 0cm
Gift of Eve Rosenstein – 1972.028.001

Moche IV culture
Peru

STIRRUP SPOUT VESSEL WITH PROCESSION OF WARRIORS

Early Intermediate period, Moche IV phase, A.D. 450-550
slipped earthenware
Dimension: 11.5in x 6.19in x 0in
29.21cm x 15.723cm x 0cm
Gift of May Walter – 1972.027.002

Moche IV culture
Peru

BUTTERFLY NOSE ORNAMENT

Early Intermediate period, Moche IV phase, A.D. 450-550
hammered, drawn and soldered gold and copper alloy
Dimension: 4.625in x 6.5in x 1.375in
11.7cm x 16.5cm x 3.5cm
Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Bailey J. Siegfried; John W. Jordan II; and the Alsdorf Foundation in memory of Raymond H. Siegfried, II a former member of the University of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees – 2005.062

Moche V culture
Peru

NOSE ORNAMENT

Early Intermediate period-Middle Horizon, A.D. 550-800
gold
Dimension: 1in x 1.5in x 0in
2.5cm x 3.8cm x 0cm
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf – 1987.035.016

Nazca culture
Peru

HEAD CUP

Early Intermediate period, 100 B.C.-A.D. 600
slipped earthenware
Dimension: 4.7in x 4.81in x 0in
11.938cm x 12.217cm x 0cm
Gift of Eve Rosenstein – 1972.028.002

Nazca culture
Peru

BOWL WITH WHISKERED DEITY ON EXTERIOR

Early Intermediate period, 100 B.C.-A.D. 600
slipped earthenware
Dimension: 3.13in x 6.56in x 0in
7.95cm x 16.662cm x 0cm
1972 University of Notre Dame Purchase – 1972.029.004

Nazca culture
Peru

TEXTILE BAND FRAGMENT WITHDEITY FIGURE AND PAIRS OF SERPENTS

Early Intermediate period, 100 B.C.-A.D. 600
cotton warp, wool weft
Dimension: 2.25in x 15.5in x 0in
5.715cm x 39.37cm x 0cm
Gift of Ann McNear – 1973.022.009

Nazca culture
Peru

DOUBLE-SPOUTED VESSEL WITH CRESTED BIRDS

Early Intermediate period, 100 B.C.-A.D. 600
slipped earthenware
Dimension: 8in x 6.75in x 0in
20.32cm x 17.145cm x 0cm
1972 University of Notre Dame Purchase – 1972.029.001

Nazca culture
Peru

TEXTILE FRAGMENT WITH WHITE DIAMONDS ON A FIELD OF RED AND BROWN BANDS

Early Intermediate period, 100 B.C.-A.D. 600
cotton warp, wool weft
Dimension: 6.5in x 7in x 0in
16.51cm x 17.78cm x 0cm
Gift of Ann McNear – 1973.022.005

Nazca culture
Peru

TEXTILE FRAGMENT OF THREE STRIPS WITH DIAGONAL DESIGNS

Early Intermediate period, 100 B.C.-A.D. 600
cotton warp, wool weft
Dimension: 11.88in x 5.5in x 0in
30.175cm x 13.97cm x 0cm
Gift of Ann McNear – 1973.022.003

Nazca culture
Peru

STRIP FRAGMENT WITH STYLIZED ZOOMORPHS IN DIAMOND SHAPES

Early Intermediate period, 100 B.C.-A.D. 600
cotton warp, wool weft
Dimension: 12.5in x 4.5in x 0in
31.75cm x 11.43cm x 0cm
Gift of Ann McNear – 1973.022.002

Condorhuasi II culture
Argentina

SEATED FEMALE EFFIGY VESSEL

Condorhuasi period II, A.D. 1-600
slipped earthenware
Dimension: 7in x 4.5in x 5.5in
17.8cm x 11.4cm x 14cm
Purchased with funds provided by Robert E. (ND’63) and Beverly (SMC’63) O’Grady – 2005.006