Maya art

400 BCE – 1500 (approximate dates)

Americas

The civilization of the Mesoamerican city-states: soaring pyramids, reliefs of rulers, painted ceramics and the only fully developed writing system of the Americas.

Selected works

Carved Vessel Depicting a Lord Wearing a Water-Lily Headdress 600–800

Vessel Depicting a Sacrificial Ceremony for a Royal Accession 750–800, probably 753