The Pre-Columbian civilizations of the central regions of the Americas. A cultural area with fluid geographical boundaries having common historic and cultural features, including the cultivation of maize, writing, an astronomic calendar, sacrifices and the building of pyramids (platform mounds) and ball courts.
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Information on the writing systems, government and religions of the Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec, by Kevin L. Callahan, University of Minnesota, with references and links.
Offers links categorized in five areas: art, daily life, maps, pictures, and research.
Web list open to all persons interested in Pre-Columbian cultures, whether amateurs or professionals.
D.K. Jordan's provisional chronology designed to accompany Michael D. Coe's books The Maya (1999) and Mexico (1994), on which it is largely based.
The pyramids of Egypt and Mesoamerica are related, right? This paper dispels myths regarding hyperdiffusionism and the pyramids, focusing on the dissimilarities of Mesoamerican and Egyptian pyramids.
Fosters increased understanding of ancient Mesoamerican cultures. Photographic archives of Justin Kerr and the technical drawing archives of Linda Schele and John Montgomery. Grant information and bibliography.
Provides information about archaeology, art and architecture of the ancient Maya and other pre-Columbian cultures; photographic archive; travel; book service; and photography and imaging.
Non-profit institute studying the ancient and modern peoples and cultures of Mesoamerica.
Photo galleries of Teotihuacan, Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Palenque, Izapa, stone sculptures and artifacts. Includes a Mesoamerican archaeoastronomy article.
Collected scholarly files, links, resources, software and reports relevant or interesting to Mesoamerican and Pre-Columbian Archaeology.
Image gallery of Mesoamerican architecture.
Features a gallery of photographs by David R. Hixson, a graduate student in Tulane University's Department of Anthropology.
A large collection of articles and resources on Mesoamerica and its cultures, primarily Maya, Aztec and Olmec, maintained by Joel Skidmore. Includes an illustrated encyclopedia of Mesoamerica.
Publication features news and studies on Mesoamerica.
D.K. Jordan's provisional chronology designed to accompany Michael D. Coe's books The Maya (1999) and Mexico (1994), on which it is largely based.
The pyramids of Egypt and Mesoamerica are related, right? This paper dispels myths regarding hyperdiffusionism and the pyramids, focusing on the dissimilarities of Mesoamerican and Egyptian pyramids.
Collected scholarly files, links, resources, software and reports relevant or interesting to Mesoamerican and Pre-Columbian Archaeology.
Features a gallery of photographs by David R. Hixson, a graduate student in Tulane University's Department of Anthropology.
Image gallery of Mesoamerican architecture.
Offers links categorized in five areas: art, daily life, maps, pictures, and research.
Photo galleries of Teotihuacan, Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Palenque, Izapa, stone sculptures and artifacts. Includes a Mesoamerican archaeoastronomy article.
Non-profit institute studying the ancient and modern peoples and cultures of Mesoamerica.
Fosters increased understanding of ancient Mesoamerican cultures. Photographic archives of Justin Kerr and the technical drawing archives of Linda Schele and John Montgomery. Grant information and bibliography.
Provides information about archaeology, art and architecture of the ancient Maya and other pre-Columbian cultures; photographic archive; travel; book service; and photography and imaging.
Information on the writing systems, government and religions of the Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec, by Kevin L. Callahan, University of Minnesota, with references and links.
A large collection of articles and resources on Mesoamerica and its cultures, primarily Maya, Aztec and Olmec, maintained by Joel Skidmore. Includes an illustrated encyclopedia of Mesoamerica.
Web list open to all persons interested in Pre-Columbian cultures, whether amateurs or professionals.
Publication features news and studies on Mesoamerica.
