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Pre Columbian Collection

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATL2A-00001

NATL2A-00001
Temple ceremony in an Aztec city. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Hand-colored woodcut

Hand-colored woodcut
Aztec tiger knight in a costume of cotton and a helmet made of wood, from a model in Spain. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Trephination evidence in an Inca skull

Trephination evidence in an Inca skull
Inca skull showing evidence of prehistoric trephining or brain surgery in Peru. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling, Betatakin

Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling, Betatakin
Betatakin, a cliff-dwelling of the Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloans, circa 1250-1300 AD, within Navajo National Monument, Arizona. Photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Casa Grande, Hohokam ruins, Arizona

Casa Grande, Hohokam ruins, Arizona
Doorway of Casa Grande, the remains of an ancient Hohokam farming village in central Arizona. Digital photograh

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Natives gathering food in Florida, 1500s

Natives gathering food in Florida, 1500s
Florida Native Americans gathering crocodiles, fish, and other wild animals and plants, 1591. Hand-colored Debry engraving of a LeMoyne painting

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Chaco Canyon Anasazi ruins NM

Chaco Canyon Anasazi ruins NM
Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan ruins of Chetro Ketl in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Digital photograph

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NATL2A-00002
Street in Aztec Tenochtitian (reconstruction). Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Black Hills, South Dakota

Black Hills, South Dakota
Black Hills with lingering snow, sacred area of the Sioux, South Dakota. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Petroglyph of a coyote or wolf, New Mexico

Petroglyph of a coyote or wolf, New Mexico
Native American petroglyph of a coyote or a wolf near Galisteo, New Mexico. Photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Grinding stones of the Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloans

Grinding stones of the Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloans
Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan metates y manos, Betatakin cliff dwelling, Arizona. Photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Pueblo Bonito corner window, Chaco Canyon NM

Pueblo Bonito corner window, Chaco Canyon NM
Astronomically positioned window at Pueblo Bonito, an Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan site in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon, 1200s

Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon, 1200s
Restoration of Pueblo Bonito, Ancestral Puebloan/Anasazi site in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, as it looked about 1250 AD. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATI2A-00031

NATI2A-00031
Native Americans practice running, shooting arrows, and throwing ball, Florida, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a DeBrfy engraving of a LeMoyne illustration

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Inca dwelling replica at Ingapirca, Ecuador

Inca dwelling replica at Ingapirca, Ecuador
Reconstructed Inca dwelling amid the ruins at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Weapon used by hunters of the Amazon

Weapon used by hunters of the Amazon
Brazilian native using zarabatana, or shooting-tube, a hunting weapon. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Indian canoe on the upper Mississippi River

Indian canoe on the upper Mississippi River
Bluffs along the Mississippi River north of La Crosse, Wisconsin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Amazon rain forest

Amazon rain forest
Rain forest in the upper Amazon basin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Aztalan, a Moundbuilders site in Wisconsin

Aztalan, a Moundbuilders site in Wisconsin
Mound and part of village stockade at Aztalan, a middle Mississippean Moundbuilders site in Wisconsin. Photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATI2P-01076

NATI2P-01076
Mound and part of village stockade at Aztalan, a middle Mississippean Moundbuilder site in Wisconsin. Photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATI2D-00285

NATI2D-00285
Sauls Mound, 72 feet high, one of the Pinson Mounds, the largest Middle Woodland (c.1-500 A.D.) mound group in the U.S. Tennessee. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATI2D-00288

NATI2D-00288
Bear Creek Mound, a ceremonial platform mound built between 1200-1400 AD along the ancient Natchez Trace in northeastern Mississippi. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATI2D-00509

NATI2D-00509
Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly, home of Na ashje ii Asdzau (Spider Woman) who taught the Navajo people to weave. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATI2D-00535

NATI2D-00535
White House, ruins of an Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Petroglyph of a bears paw near Albuquerque, New Mexico

Petroglyph of a bears paw near Albuquerque, New Mexico
Bear paw petroglyph on basalt, Petroglyph State Park, New Mexico. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Petroglyph of a bird eating a snake, New Mexico

Petroglyph of a bird eating a snake, New Mexico
Bird, probably a roadrunner, consuming a snake, Petroglyph State Park, New Mexico. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Thunderbird petroglyph near Albuquerque, New Mexico

Thunderbird petroglyph near Albuquerque, New Mexico
Native American thunderbird petroglyph on basalt, Petroglyph State Park, New Mexico. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Petroglyph near Albuquerque, New Mexico

Petroglyph near Albuquerque, New Mexico
Native American petroglyph of a bird on basalt, Petroglyph State Park, New Mexico. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Petroglyphs in Lobo Canyon, NM

Petroglyphs in Lobo Canyon, NM
Native American petroglyphs in Lobo Canyon, Cebolla Wilderness, New Mexico. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Petroglyph of the Jornada-Mogollon culture, NM

Petroglyph of the Jornada-Mogollon culture, NM
Big-horned sheep Jornada-Mogollon petroglyph at Three Rivers site, New Mexico. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Petroglyphs of the Jornada-Mogollon culture, NM

Petroglyphs of the Jornada-Mogollon culture, NM
Thunderhead Jornada-Mogollon petroglyph at Three Rivers site, New Mexico. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Moundbuilders site in Tennessee

Moundbuilders site in Tennessee
Sauls Mound, Pinson Mounds State Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATI2P-00012

NATI2P-00012
Paleo-Indian caribou hunters. Photograph of a Maine State Museum diorama

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATI2P-00006

NATI2P-00006
Paleo-Indian caribou hunters. Photograph of a Maine State Museum diorama

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATI2P-00652

NATI2P-00652
Petroglyphs of a plumed serpent (right) and a human figure near Galisteo, New Mexico. Photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Enemy Native American village set afire, Florida

Enemy Native American village set afire, Florida
Native Americans attacking enemy village by shooting burning moss to set it afire, Florida, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut from Theodore Debry, from a painting by LeMoyne

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: Native American canoe on Lake Champlain

Native American canoe on Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain before the arrival of European settlers. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATI2D-00008

NATI2D-00008
Ceremonial figure with rain cloud, fresco on interior kiva wall ca. 1500, Tiguex ( Kuaua Pueblo ) on the Rio Grande, Coronado State Park in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATI2D-00262

NATI2D-00262
Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan kivas at Chetro Ketl in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATI2A-00010

NATI2A-00010
Native Americans bow-hunting deer by moonlight. Hand-colored photogravure of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATL2D-00008

NATL2D-00008
Doorways leading to Inca Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATL2D-00010

NATL2D-00010
Trapezoidal doorway leading to Inca Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATL2D-00013

NATL2D-00013
Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

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NATL2D-00012
Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

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NATL2D-00015
Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

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NATL2D-00016
Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATL2D-00019

NATL2D-00019
Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imagePre Columbian Collection: NATL2D-00018

NATL2D-00018
Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph



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