Fall of Maya

I believe the fall of the Maya was because of malnutrition, anemia, and starvation. I think what happened was that every year the crops became lesser and lesser just like it quoted in the text on the website we looked at, and then people wanted to get more food so they would farm more and over-farm the lands. This ruined the soil and many starved to death and then many others got anemia caused by the malnutrition of lack of iron because of everyone over-farming. Everyone then lost their rulers and people almost didn't know what to do.

Inca Artwork

This is a sculpture called tenon-head. It was built by the Chavin Tribe. Heads that were like this used to hang around a temple. They are thought to represent stages of drug-induced human-to-feline shamanic transformation.


This Paracas art was considered best of all ancient cultures. the They used vicuña wool or cotton; harmonious and with many colors, animal designs, anthropomorphous and geometric, some included feathers.


This piece of Nazca artwork was made in 400 A.C. in Lima, Peru. This tribe left evidence of their life by their brightly colored pottery.


This is a collection of artwork from the Moche Empire. They made a lot of pottery in different shapes to represent some different parts of their culture.

This was a piece of artwork from the Chimu tribe. All their artwork was dark and gloomy. This piece of artwork represents a ceremonial knife with the handle in the form of the human figure and various beaked animals.

This is a very unique sculpture from the Chancay tribe. It represents a sitting feline.

This Inca artwork was used in ceremonial sacrifices of some pre Inca cultures in the Peruvian Coastal Region.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX732RZ8Jpo- Please go to this link for some traditional Inca music!