Discuss the scientific and artistic developments that took place in one pre-Columbian society.

Candidates will offer a considered and balanced review of the scientific and artistic developments that took place in one society in pre-Columbian America during, although not necessarily spanning, the period from c750 to 1500. Popular examples are likely to be the Mayan, Aztec and Incan cultures but discussion of any society from the region during the timeframe is acceptable. Candidates may adopt a chronological approach, perhaps outlining how scientific and artistic developments evolved in response to certain pressures at certain times. Alternatively, candidates may, for example, suggest that scientific and artistic developments were intertwined, noting the celestial alignment of some structures, such as the Mayan pyramids, which indicate the interplay between architecture and astronomy. Candidates may, if they wish, deal with scientific and artistic developments separately. A range of approaches is permissible.