Web Directory

» 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.
   http://mayagis.smv.org/

» 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.
   http://www.wayeb.org/

» Foxx Archive
   Features a photo gallery of Jeffrey Jay Foxx, ethnographic photographer. Includes a biography, a list of exhibitions and books, and related links.
   http://www.foxxarchive.com

» 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.
   http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3502

» 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.
   http://www.maya-archaeology.org/

» Maya Architecture: Evolution, Structure and Diversity of a Civilization
   Virtual exhibition on Maya architecture with information, photos, plans, and models.
   http://www.mayafiles.com

» 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.
   http://home.epix.net/~miser17/art.html

» Maya Motifs
   Art featuring designs from the Tzolkin, the ritual calendar of the Maya.
   http://www.mayamotifs.com/

» 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.
   http://americanindian.net/maya.html

» Mayan Civilization
   Glenn Welker describes the locations and development of Maya civilization. Michael Lemonick gives a history of the related archeological research.
   http://www.indians.org/welker/maya.htm

» Mayan Collection
   Photographs, rubbings, and illustrations, featuring rubbings of stelae from 1970-71 in Guatemala; views of monuments published in 1844 by Catherwood.
   http://www.mayancollection.com/

» 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.
   http://www.mayavase.com/

» 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.
   http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/07/020724080415.htm

» 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.
   http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/backdirt/fall01/julia.html

» The Maya Ruins Page
   Photos from Uxmal, Labna, Sayil, Chacmultun, Becan, Xpujil, Tikal, Xunantunich, Lamanai, Kohunlich, Chicanna, Edzna, and Dzibilnocac.
   http://mayaruins.com/

» Tracking Maya Regional Organization
   Using a community centered perspective to examine how rural Maya affected and were affected by political changes.
   http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/backdirt/Spr01/maya.html