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从墨西哥到南美安第斯山脉的这一广大地区的墓葬中,出土了大量不同种类的前哥伦布时期小型建筑模型。这些由土、木、石、金属制成的模型,结构精巧,造型奇特,镌刻着未被文字所记载的古代美洲人的生活信息,展示出古代美洲生活的丰富图景。16世纪,西班牙人登陆美洲,从此将美洲的历史一分为二。在那段前哥伦布时期的历史中,遗留下很少的文本。尽管较为复杂的书写系统在古代中美洲的部分地区已经出现(比如玛雅文字),尽管在古代安第斯山脉地区也出现了结绳记事,但古代美洲人并不经常用这些手段来记载重要事件。有趣的是,一些重要事件的记载却常见于在这一地区墓葬出土的数量巨大而种类丰富的小型建筑模型中。
From Mexico to the vast area of the South American Andes burial site, a large number of different kinds of small pre-Columbian building models were unearthed. These models, made of earth, wood, stone and metal, are exquisitely crafted and peculiarly shaped with inscriptions on the life of ancient Americans that are not recorded in the written language and reveal the rich picture of ancient American life. In the 16th century, when the Spaniard landed on the Americas, the history of the Americas was divided into two. During that pre-Columbian period, little text left behind. Although more complex writing systems have emerged in parts of ancient Central America (such as the Mayan writing), the ancient Americans did not often use these tactics to document important events, even though the knot was also found in the ancient Andes. It is interesting to note that some important events are commonly found in the large and diverse small architectural models unearthed in the area.