Mesoamerican Periods and Cultures Archaeology

Mesoamerican Periods and Cultures Archaeology

Mesoamerican

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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- Syllabus and Reading List from course (AN 370) at Oakland University.
- Web list open to all persons interested in Pre-Columbian cultures, whether amateurs or professionals.
- Offers links categorized in five areas: art, daily life, maps, pictures, and research.
- The pyramids of Egypt and Mesoamerica are related, right? This paper dispells myths regarding hyperdiffusionism and the pyramids, focusing on the dissimilarities of Mesoamerican and Egyptian pyramids.
- Gives a definition and the characteristics and chronology of Mesoamerica culture, a bibliography and links.
- Features a gallery of photographs by David R. Hixson, a graduate student in Tulane University's Department of Anthropology.
- Features its origin and history, articles, archives, and poetry about this pre-Columbian civilization. [English and Dutch]
- Focuses on prehispanic codices, archeological sites, ceramics, and native issues. Includes bibliographic resources, book reviews, and links to other pages.
- On this Web site you can find collected scholarly files, links, resources, software and reports relevant or interesting to Mesoamerican and Pre-Columbian Archaeology.
- Photo galleries of Teotihuacan, Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Palenque, Izapa, stone sculptures and artifacts. Includes a Mesoamerican archaeoastronomy article.
- 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.
- Features articles about sites in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.
- An essay with references by F. J. Mathien on archeological links between the native cultures of North and Central America. Part of a virtual conference on Chaco by the University of Colorado.
- One of the problems scholars face in the reconstruction of the Quetzalcoatl material is that the material itself appears to relate to multiple aspects revolving around the same or similar names.
- Publication features news and studies on Mesoamerica.
- Lecture Notes from Kansas University.
- Non-profit institute studying the ancient and modern peoples and cultures of Mesoamerica.
- Recent studies have recognized numerous distinctive elements in indigenous narratives, which appear to varying degrees in the hybrid accounts of the Colonial period. The defining characteristic of these sources is the different nature of Mesoamerican time
- Joseph Sneed of the Colorado School of Mines provides information about selected archaeological sites relevant to a course on technology, environment and human adaptation in pre-european Mesoamerica.
- A bibliography from the Smithsonian Institution, Anthropology Outreach Office.
- 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.
- Conducts, supports, and publishes research in the anthropology, and especially the archaeology of Mexico and Central America.
- 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.
- A brief description of this section of the anthropology collections of the Field Museum, Chicago.
- 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.
- 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.

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