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Mesoamerican
Meso galleries are currently closed and will be reinstalled in the new Raclin Murphy Museum of Art opening fall 2023
The Mesoamerican collection of the Snite Museum of Art includes examples of Olmec, Preclassic, ritual ballgame figurines, Teotihuacan, Maya, West Mexican, Veracruz, Zapotec, Toltec, Mixtec and Aztec cultures.
The Latin American collection highlights the artistic blending of the indigenous cultures found in Central and South America with that of Spain.
You can search for objects in the Mesoamerican collection by selecting at least one category on one of the following drop-down lists: Culture, Country of Origin, Region, or Time Period. Then click on the Search button.
Culture
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Altar de Sacrificio Toltec Maya culture
Arawak culture
Ayamara culture
Aztec culture
Bahia culture
Campeche Maya culture
Canitas culture
Chalcatzingo
Chancay culture
Chavin culture
Chimila culture
Chimu culture
Chiriqui culture
Chochola Maya culture
Chorrera culture
Chupicuaro culture
Classic Veracruz culture
Colima culture
Condorhuasi I culture
Condorhuasi II culture
Cotzumalhuapa culture
Cupisnique Chavin culture
Diaguita culture
Dzehkabtun Maya culture
Early Classic Maya culture
Early Classic Veracruz culture
El Bosque or Pavas culture
El Chanal Mixtec culture
El Faisan culture
El Tajin culture
Escaleron-Frontera culture
Escuintla Maya culture
Esperanza Maya culture
Guanacaste-Nicoya culture
Guanjuato culture
Ica culture
Isla de Sacrificios culture
Jaina Maya culture
Jocotal culture
La Aguada culture
La Tolita culture
Las Charcas culture
Late Classic Maya culture
Late Classic Veracruz culture
Late Cocle culture
Late Post Classic Veracruz culture
Late Vicus culture
Los Esteros culture
Maya culture
Michoacan culture
Michoacan Mixtec culture
Mixtec culture
Moche III culture
Moche IV culture
Moche V culture
Monte Alban IIIa Zapotec culture
Nazca culture
Nopiloa III culture
Oaxaca Mixtec culture
Oaxaca
Ocos culture
Olmec Culture
Olmecoid culture
Pacific Slope culture
Palenque Maya culture
Papaloapan culture
Paracas culture
Post Inca
Quiche Maya culture
Quimbaya culture
Santa Maria
Sinu culture
Tafi or Alamito culture
Taino culture
Teotihuacan culture
Teuchitlan Jalisco culture
Tiatlico culture
Ticoman culture
Tiwanaku culture
Tlatilco culture
Toltec culture
Toltec Jalisco culture
Toltec Maya culture
Tzintzuntzan culture
Undetermined culture
Upper Remojadas I culture
Upper Remojadas II culture
Valdivia culture
Wari culture
West Mexican Mixtec culture
Xochicalco culture
Zacapu Mixtec culture
Zacatecas culture
Zacatenco culture
Region
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Andean South America
Caribbean
Central America and Northern South America
Mesoamerica
Country of Origin
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Argentina
Bolivia
Caribbean Islands
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Panama
Peru
Time Period
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Early-Middle Pre-Classic periods, 1500-300 B.C.
Early Horizon, 1200-100 B.C.
Early Intermediate period, 100 B.C. - A.D. 600
Late Preclassic period, 300 B.C. - A.D. 250
Classic period, A.D. 250-850
Early Post Classic period, A.D. 850-1200
Middle Horizon, A.D. 600-1000
Late Intermediate period, A.D. 1000-1450
Late Post Classic period, A.D. 100-1521
Late Horizon, A.D. 1450-1575