Foundation for Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. provides research funds and Pre-Columbian educational resources: Images; Grantee Reports; and Mesoamerican Bibliography.

SAA Publications Publications Links Go directly to... American Antiquity Archaeology and Public Education Current Research Editorial Offices Latin American Antiquity SAA Bulletin Style Guide The SAA Archaeological Record SAA produces a number of high quality publications such as our quarterly journals and newsletters. American Antiquity A quarterly journal devoted to the archaeology of the New ...

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 such as the color laser printer, dye-sub, and the wide-format ink-jet printers ...

This site features Mesoamerica and its cultures, including Maya, Aztec and Olmec.

The Foundation of Latin American Anthropological Research (FLAAR) provides information about archaeology, art and architecture of the ancient Maya and other pre-Columbian cultures; photographic archive; travel information; book service; information about photography and imaging ...

Aztec Calendar. Shows you the current date according to the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar. Gives a reading of the significance of the day and the relevant gods.

Links to Art, Daily Life, Maps, Pictures and Research on Ancient Mesoamerica designed for a World History Classes.

Mesoamerican Civilizations - writing, government, religion, calendar systems, and archaeology for the Maya, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Aztec are covered in this website by Kevin Callahan, University of Minnesota, Department of Anthropology ...

A photographic tour of Maya archaeological sites in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. Includes interactive maps, quotations from explorers and scholars, and a bibliography.

Bonampak Cacaxtla Calakmul Chalcatzingo Cholula Chultuns Ek Balam Loltun Caves Monte Alban National Museum Teotihuacan Xochicalco Welcome to Mesoamerican Photo Archives, owned and maintained by David R. Hixson, a graduate student in Tulane University's Department of Anthropology. The purpose of this web site is to educate and stimulate the public with both accurate information and beautiful ...

NOVA Online presents Search for the Lost Cave People ...

The Aztecs/Mexicas The Aztecs/Mexicas were the native American people who dominated northern Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest led by Hernan CORTES in the early 16th century. According to their own legends, they originated from a place called Aztlan, somewhere in north or northwest Mexico. At that time the Aztecs (who referred to themselves as the Mexica or Tenochca) were a small, ...

Welcome to the Precolumbian Art Research Institute website. New: Morley Hires Tatiana Proskouriakoff - by Khristaan D. Villela. This online re-publication of an article from the PARI Journal presents rare Proskouriakoff drawings. Student members, send in your questions to the Ask the Experts panel: E. Wyllys Andrews, Karen Bassie, Arlen Chase, Diane Chase, Rafael Cobos, William Fash, Virginia ...

Aztec Manuscripts Native Paper Codices Borbonicus | Boturini European Paper Manuscripts Mendoza | Florentino Telleriano-Remensis | Vaticanus A Magliabecchiano Group Other Documents | Other Notes Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca VIEW THIS PAGE WITHOUT FRAMES Updated 9 September 1999 The variety of documents we encounter in the category of Aztec Writing includes just a couple of native paper ...

MESOAMERICA Photo Galleries and Articles 1999 by James Q. Jacobs Teotihuacan Chichen Itza Palenque Mesoamerican Archaeoastronomy Uxmal Izapa Stone Sculptures Mesoamerican Artifacts I Mesoamerican Artifacts II WORLD WIDE WEB HUBS BY THE AUTHOR: Home -- Photo Galleries -- Andes -- Southwest -- Rock Art -- Art -- Web Design 2001. All rights reserved. Inquiries, comments, etc. welcomed. Contact.

THE EARLY HISTORY OF BELIZE By Silvia Pinzon BA, MLS and Ray Auxillou Glyphs Timeline The Future The exciting prehistory of Mesoamerica is just coming to light in the past few years. Beginning with the Spanish conquest, we have a record of Mesoamerica and the Mayan Empire for the past five hundred years. Today, thanks to recent discoveries in the interpretation of the Mayan written language, we ...

Explore monuments and tombs erected by the rulers of one of the great Maya cities. And come face-to-face with the Red Lady, and esteemed Maya noble.

Explanation of the Maya Calendar and software for Maya Calendar date conversion.

The complete Palenque website.

Ilustrated explanation of the pointer of the Aztec calendar, which functions as an indicator of the first and last days of the 260c and 365c day-count calendars ...

Provisional Chronology of Mesoamerican Archaeology ...

Quetzalcoatl: The Man, The Myth, The Legend Introduction | Background | Map of the Area | Pronounciation | Chronology | Dramatis Personae | Quetzalcoatl Image | Olmecs | Mayans | Cosmology | Quetzalcoatl - The Man, The Myth, The Legend | References Introduction Quetzalcoatl. We've all heard the name before. He's that Feathered Serpent of Ancient Mexico . However, that only answers the WHAT. Ask, ...

This page links to sites that contain information on archeology in the South America and Meso-America.

Mayan Civilization Geography and Landscape The ancient Maya civilization occupied the eastern third of Mesoamerica, primarily the Yucatan Peninsula. The topography of the area greatly varied from volcanic mountains, which comprised the highlands in the South, to a porous limestone shelf, known as the Lowlands, in the central and northern regions. The southern portion of the Lowlands were covered ...

The Olmec World, the first major exhibition of Olmec art and the first important catalogue to concentrate on this seminal civilization.

Maya Codices Dresden | Paris | Madrid | Grolier GBonline There are four Maya codices, usually known by the name of the city in which they are now located. They are made from tree bark that has been flattened, covered with a lime paste & folded accordion-style. They are usually written on both sides. Dresden Codex Current location: Staatsarchiv, Dresden, Germany Amatl paper screenfold painted on ...

OLMEC CIVILIZATION: 1200BC- 600AD The Olmecs were a culture of ancient peoples -1300-400 B.C. - of the East Mexico lowlands. They are often regarded as the Mother Culture of later Middle American civilizations. The Olmec people called themselves Xi (pronounced Shi). Olmecs had colossal heads some of which were deformed. Portrait of a man with said deformation. This life-sized greenstone head was ...

None of those who are born in the light, begotten in the light will be yours. . The Hero Twins to the Lords of the Underworld* Linda Schele died from pancreatic cancer on April 18. Typically, she continued her work as long as she was able. The night before her final hospitalization she took part in a seminar, in spite of the combined effects of her illness and chemotherapy. She died three days ...

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Color reprints from views of Maya monuments in Central America by artist/architect/archaeologist Frederick Catherwood published in 1844. Mayan rubbings of stelae by James A. McBride, architect, in 1970-71 in Guatemala.

MAYA: Portraits of a People - a special exhibition at the Frank H. McClung Museum ...

If you are looking for information on the Mayan Civilization, then come here and get ready to be amazed ...

Maya Motifs is proud to offer T-Shirts, Sweat Shirts, and Wall Art featuring designs from the ritual calendar of the Maya.

Forward to Aztecs and Incas // The Magical History Tour // Back to American Indians Olmec Links To Olmec Resources on the Internet To Articles Debating Olmec Origins To Precolumbian Main Page To American Indians Main Page Olmec Internet Resouces National Geographic - The Olmec Olmec Olmec Olmec Olmec Sculpture - La Venta Park Faces of the Olmec - Tres Zapotes Region Olmec Image Mesoamerican ...

MESOAMERICAN THEMES AND CHACO CANYON F. J. Mathien Since the late nineteenth century, archaeologists have acknowledged the presence of items of Mexican origin in Chaco Canyon; the explanations of how these items were transported and their implications for social organization, however, have differed over time. The initial excavations in Pueblo Bonito uncovered macaws, human effigy forms on ...

SITE INDEX MAIN MENU | PRESS EVENTS | PRESS RELEASES Contact: Ellen Siskind +1 202 857 7001 esiskind@ngs.org MYSTERIOUS MAYA PEOPLE PROFILED AT EXPLORERS HALL For Immediate Release WASHINGTONThe story of the Maya people, whose pyramid temples, rich royal tombs, sophisticated art style, and complex calendar and writing system have intrigued explorers, writers, treasure seekers and scientists for ...

Are the pyramids of Egypt and Mesoamerica connected Pyramidiots would have you think so. Find out about the dissimilarities of these structures.

REPORT #130 Nov 1999 MAYAN TREASURE'S TO BE RETURNED HOME TO BELIZE Produced by the Belize Development Trust A report from the Toronto Globe and Mail newspaper of Canada states that a treasure trove of Mayan artifacts now housed in the Royal Ontario Museum, will be returned to Belize for placement in the National Museum in Belmopan. The collection is the result of more than three decades of work ...