Question
The creature depicted on the Lanzón (“lan-SOHN”) stela is often likened to one of these animals “smiling.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this animal, which is prefixed with “were-” (“wair”) in the name of an Olmec motif depicting a figure with a downturned mouth. These animals, along with eagles, lend their name to a class of elite Aztec knights.
ANSWER: jaguars [accept ocēlōtl]
[10m] The Lanzón stela was created by this pre-Inca culture, which also created the Raimondi stela. Pilgrims would consume huachuma (“wah-CHOO-mah”) before entering a temple complex named this culture “de Huántar” (“day WAHN-tahr”).
ANSWER: Chavín culture [accept Chavín de Huántar]
[10h] Original language term required. Shamans at Chavín de Huantar also used the shells of Strombus galeatus as these musical instruments. Incan messengers known as ch’aski later used these conches to signal their arrival.
ANSWER: pututu
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