Maya Mesoamerican Periods and Cultures Archaeology

Maya Mesoamerican Periods and Cultures Archaeology

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- Online version of Mundo Maya Magazine, specializing in the Maya culture. Available in English and Spanish. Detailed articles on archeological topics.

Maya Architecture: Evolution, Structure and Diversity of a Civilization - Virtual exhibition on Maya architecture with information, photos, plans, and models.
Maya Society of Minnesota - Offers monthly programs and lectures: includes newsletter, calendar of events, and links.
Foxx Archive - Features a photo gallery of Jeffrey Jay Foxx, ethnographic photographer. Includes a biography, a list of exhibitions and books, and related links.
Building a Geographic Information System of Ancient Maya Settlement - Project by Walter R. T. Witschey and Clifford T. Brown, to study settlement patterns: includes research papers and maps.
Studying the Archaeology of Performance Among the Ancient Maya - The project currently focuses on performance among the ancient Maya, with comparisons to other cultures and time periods increasingly included.
Maya Motifs - Art featuring designs from the Tzolkin, the ritual calendar of the Maya.
Maya Archaeology - Facts and artifacts relative to Mayan archaeology, prehispanic pyramid architecture, Latin America, Mesoamerica, featuring Olmec jade, stelae and sculpture at Copan, and showing how pre-Columbian art can be reproduced aided by new digital technology.
Maya Art Pages - Two photo collections of art from the classic period (400-800 CE), one of vases and the other of stellae at Copan, Honduras.
Archaeology of the ancient Mayan civilization of Mesoamerica - Introductory site to Maya culture and the major Mayan archaeological sites.
Maya Ruins - Photographs and descriptions by Phil Konstantin. Includes Chichen Itza, Kabah, Uxmal, Labna, Xlapak, Sayil, Palenque, Xpujil, Becan and Museo de la Cultura Maya.
Muddy Mayan Mystery Made Clearer By Researchers Working In The Bajos - From ScienceDaily, University of Cincinnati professors found evidence of a major environmental transformation that helps to explain a puzzle that has stumped Maya scholars for decades.
The Maya Ruins Page - Photos from Uxmal, Labna, Sayil, Chacmultun, Becan, Xpujil, Tikal, Xunantunich, Lamanai, Kohunlich, Chicanna, Edzna, and Dzibilnocac.
Tracking Maya Regional Organization - Using a community centered perspective to examine how rural Maya affected and were affected by political changes.
Mayan Collection - Photographs, rubbings, and illustrations, featuring rubbings of stelae from 1970-71 in Guatemala; views of monuments published in 1844 by Catherwood.
Intense Droughts Blamed for Mayan Collapse - From New Scientist, Mayan civilization collapsed following a series of intense droughts, suggests the most detailed climatic study to date.
Mayavase.com - Precolumbian portfolio features a collection of artifacts and sites from the ancient Americas, and a database archive of rollout and still photographs of vases, plates, and bowls. Find hints and helps to search the database.
Mayan Civilization - Glenn Welker describes the locations and development of Maya civilization. Michael Lemonick gives a history of the related archeological research.
European Association of Mayanists - Formed by young scholars searching for academic contacts. Links professionals, students and amateurs for conferences, information exchange, and workshops. Links, bibliography, publications, collection inventories, news, and conference information.

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