Web Directory

» ANTH 506: Ancient American Civilizations: Mesoamerica
   Lecture Notes from Kansas University.
   http://www.ku.edu/~hoopes/506/lecture.htm

» AZTLAN
   Web list open to all persons interested in Pre-Columbian cultures, whether amateurs or professionals.
   http://www.angelfire.com/zine/meso/meso/aztlan.txt

» Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations
   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.
   http://www.angelfire.com/ca/humanorigins/

» Archeological Sites Mesoamerica
   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.
   http://www.mines.edu/fs_home/jsneed/courses/LISS.380-83/LISS.381/resources/sites/index.shtml

» Aztec, Olmec and Mesoamerica Directory
   Offers links categorized in five areas: art, daily life, maps, pictures, and research.
   http://www.historylink101.com/1/aztec/ancient_aztec.htm

» Chronological Table of Mesoamerican Archaeology
   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.
   http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/arch/mexchron.html

» Debunking the Pyramids
   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.
   http://anth507.tripod.com/pyramids.htm

» GB Online's Mesoamerica
   Focuses on prehispanic codices, archeological sites, ceramics, and native issues. Includes bibliographic resources, book reviews, and links to other pages.
   http://pages.prodigy.com/GBonline/mesowelc.html

» History, Myth, and Migration in 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
   http://www.cc.ku.edu/~hoopes/aztlan/History.htm

» Institute for Mesoamerican Studies
   Non-profit institute studying the ancient and modern peoples and cultures of Mesoamerica.
   http://www.albany.edu/ims/

» Mesoamerica Web Ring by James Q. Jacobs
   Photo galleries of Teotihuacan, Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Palenque, Izapa, stone sculptures and artifacts. Includes a Mesoamerican archaeoastronomy article.
   http://www.jqjacobs.net/mesoamerica/

» Mesoamerican Archaeological Sites
   Features articles about sites in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.
   http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/meso.html

» Mesoamerican Archaeology
   Collected scholarly files, links, resources, software and reports relevant or interesting to Mesoamerican and Pre-Columbian Archaeology.
   http://www.angelfire.com/zine/meso/

» Mesoamerican Architecture
   Image gallery of Mesoamerican architecture.
   http://www90.homepage.villanova.edu/lowell.gustafson/maya.htm

» Mesoamerican Photo Archives
   Features a gallery of photographs by David R. Hixson, a graduate student in Tulane University's Department of Anthropology.
   http://www.mesoamerican-archives.com/

» Mesoamerican Themes and Chaco Canyon
   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.
   http://www.colorado.edu/Conferences/chaco/mesomod.htm

» Mesoweb
   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.
   http://www.mesoweb.com/

» Mexicon
   Publication features news and studies on Mesoamerica.
   http://www.mexicon.de/

» Middle American Research Institute (MARI)
   Conducts, supports, and publishes research in the anthropology, and especially the archaeology of Mexico and Central America.
   http://www.tulane.edu/~mari/

» Quetzalcoatl's Fathers: A Critical Examination of Source Materials
   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.
   http://www.cc.ku.edu/~hoopes/aztlan/tripart.htm

» The Aztec, Maya and Inca Collections
   A brief description of this section of the anthropology collections of the Field Museum, Chicago.
   http://www.fieldmuseum.org/research_collections/anthropology/anthro_sites/anthro3/m_s_america/aztec.htm

» The Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies
   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.
   http://www.famsi.org/

» The Foundation of Latin American Anthropological Research
   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.
   http://www.maya-art-books.org/