Pre-Columbian Archaeology Related Links

Go to Mesoamerican Archeology WWW Page.

Information on Regions and Sites:

• Maya Adventure. Maya Sites. Science Museum Minnesota.
• Mayaquest. Explorations through the Maya area.
• Brass/El Pilar Project, also info for Dr. Anabel Ford.
• The El Cayo Archeological Project, University of Calgary, Peter Mathews & Mario Aliphat.
• Jason V Expedition: The Ancient Mayan City of Xunantunich. Part of a JASON project.
• THE PRECOLUMBIAN GRAPHIC ARTS WEB SITE, by John Montgomery, info on Piedras Negras.
• Diario de Yucatan, Info on the Maya in Spanish. The World of the Mayan Culture.
• The Mayan World Touristical guide, pictures from many sites in Yucatan, Spanish and English.
• Mundo Maya (Spanish), server of the University of Michoacan.
• Cultura Maya en el estado de Campeche, by the Universidad Autonoma de Campeche. Info on Maya sites in Campeche in Spanish.
• Maya Temples (Japanese only), pictures of Maya temples with site maps.
• Virtual Palenque, Apple Quicktime VR pictures.
• Los Loros Museum, small local Maya museum.
• K'axob and Xibun: Research into the Maya Past, Boston University, Dept. of Archaeology.
• MAYAVASE, an archive of rollout photographs of Maya Vases, by Just Kerr
• Maya Art page, >130 roll-out vase picture by Justin Kerr, and Copan sculpture, by Stevan Davies, College Misericordia.
• MESOWEB, An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures.
• Laguna De On Archaeological Excavation, Belize.
• Archäologisches Projekt Xkipché, Yucatan (in German), by Seminar für Völkerkunde, University of Bonn.
• Mesoamerican archaeological sites, La Venta, Teotihuacan, Palenque, Monte Alban (by J. Sneed), under construction.
• The Feathered Serpent Pyramid pages, Teotihuacan, on-line results of the latest research!
• Museo del Templo Major, Spanish and English.
• Tlahuica Cultures of Morelos.
• Aztec History, by Thomas H. Frederiksen.
• History of Mexico, with Precolumbian pictures from the National Museum.
• Talgua village archeological site, Honduras, by the Latin-American Studies Institute with
• Cave of the glowing skulls.
• Archaeology in the Mosquitia of Honduras.
• Mesoamérica, in Spanish, many pictures.
• ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS, by Kevin L. Callahan.
• Mesoamerican Photo Archives, by David R. Hixson, Tulane University.
• Archaeological research in Jalisco, by Chris Beekman.
• Master of Arts Degree in Multimedia California State University, Hayward, has online Quicktime movies of Yaxuna and Anasazi, information on the Yaxuna project.
• The archaeology of Costa Rica.
• Costa Rican Stone Spheres.
• Museo del Oro, The Gold Museum, Bogota, Columbia + Noticias de la Antropología colombiana, Spanish.
• Arqueología del Perú, Spanish, by Lizardo Tavera Vega .
• Las Tumbas Reales de Sipán (Royal Tombs of Sipan).
• Huaca del Moche, information about the Moche, by Nick Corduan.
• Cusco & Machu Picchu (Spanish).
• Visite Peru, Spanish.
• Ice Mummies of the Incas, live on-line expedition.
• Lines and Figures of Nazca (in German).
• Proyecto Ai Apaec, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo (Spanish).
• Web Pages and Other Computer Resources for American Indian Schools. Has also a nice page on the Maya (Maya Civilization - Past and Present).
• Southwestern Archaeology, info, links etc.
• Southwestern Archaeology Special Interest Group.
• Arizona Archaeological Council.
• Chaco Canyon, nice pictures.
• Evaluating models of Chaco, a virtual conference.
• The Goat Hill Site. Report about an Anazasi site.
• Cahokia Mounds, Illinois.
• Okanagan Indians Pictographs.
• Utah Rock Art, self guided tour.
• National Archaelogical Database for the USA; with the Archaeological Data Archive.
• Kennewick Man, newspaper reports, controversy.
• Northern Clans, Northern Traces, Kennewick Man.
• The Archaeology of North America,by Kevin L. Callahan.
• Radiocarbon database, Andean Archaeology Mission, Warsaw University, Poland.
• Arte Rupestre en la Republica Dominica.
• Remote sensing archaeology research at NASA, Chaco Canyon and Peten, Guatemala research.
• Rock Art Research and Art History, by Dito Morales, with abstract of his masters thesis.
• Rio Platano Cultural Landscapes Project, St. Could University (has info about archaeology in Honduras, Ciudad Blanca).
• Florida, Department of State, Historical Resources, including Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research, with downloadable reports.
• The Chacaras of War, by János Gyarmati & András Varga, and Pictures from South America, with Hungarian legends.
• Moche Burials, National Geographic.

Museums, Universities, Societies, often with Informative Pages:

• National Geographic Society.
• Krannert Art Museum Precolumbian Art.
• Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale. Search of Mesoamerican collection.
• Dallas Museum of Art. (They seem to have taken away some of the precolumbian pictures).
• Peabody Museum, Harvard, info on precolumbian collections and photo archives.
• California State University Hayward, Masters of Arts Degree, on-line streaming quick time moves of Anasazi and Yaxuna (Yucatan).
• Mystery of the Maya. Info on the IMAX movie, as well Web pages with info and pictures of the Maya; Canadian Museum of Civilizaton. And here a little review of the movie by John Strasswimer.
• Pre-Columbian Culture Universidad de Guadalajara (in Spanish).
• Museo de las culturas prehispánicas, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México.
• The University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology.
• Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, with its Ancient Americas section.
• Museo Chileno De Arte Precolombino, spanish, has a general Pre-columbian selection with sample pictures.
• Prof. John W. Hoopes Home page. Info on Costa Rica, rare pictures, including:
• Gold, Jade, Forests: Costa Rica, an exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, April 6 - June 9, 1996
• FLAAR, Foundation for Latin American Research, Brevard Community College, info on the meetings and the Photographic archive of Dr. N. Hellmuth.
• University of Calgary, Dept. of Archeology, current research projects.
• Smithsonian Institution.
• London Museum of Archeology, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
• Herrett Center for Arts & Science, Idaho, with a paper by James C. Woods and Gene L. Titmus:
• The Ancient Limestone Quarries of Nakbe, Guatemala.
• De Young Museum, San Francisco, Art of the Americas collection.
• Museé de la Civilization, Quebec, upcoming exhibition about Mesoamerica.
• Illinois State Museum.
• American Museum of National History, Treasures of World Cultures, with a picture of the Kunz Axe and other items.
• The Pre-Columbian Society at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, with summaries of past talks.
• Center for the Study of the First Americans, Oregon State University.
• Aztlan Archaeology, Inc., professional services, and papers presented at meetings.
• Seminar für Völkerkunde, University of Bonn (in German).
• Interdisziplinäre Arbeitsgruppe Mayaforschung, Interdisciplinary Association for Maya studies, Graz, Austria, (Karl Herbert Meyer).
• Rock Art Foundation, San Antonio, Texas.
• Institute of Maya Studies, Miami, Florida
• Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, Wisconsin.
• North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh.
• Art History Forum, Virgina Commenwealth University.
• Archäologisches Institut, Arbeitsbereich Altamerikanische Sprachen, Universität Hamburg (English and Spanish pages in construction).
• Dumbarton Oaks, Research Library and Collection, on-line texts of publications, lists of publications.
• Florida State University, Department of Anthropology. Current Special exhibit: Woven voices.
• SAAweb - Society for American Archaeology.
• Lee Huddlestons's Archaeology and Anthropology Links, Dept. of History, University of North Texas.
• Canadian Society for Mesoamerican studies.
• WAYEB, European Association of Mayanists.
• University of North Carolina Institute of Latin American Studies, has Yucatec Maya courses.
• Davistown Museum, Maine.
• Hudson Museum, University of Maine, virtual exhibits.
• Yumtzilob, Dutch web site with info about the Americas.

Publishers, Bookstores:

AAUP, Combined Catalog Project, WWW listings of University Presses.

University of Texas Press.

University of Pennsylvania Museum Publications.

Peabody Museum, Harvard University, distributed by University of Pennsylvania Museum.

FONDO DE CULTURA ECONOMICA, Mesoamerican codices.

Mexicon, Mesoamerican journal.

Ancient Mesoamerica, info and subscription to the journal.

Actualidades Arqueológicas, Revista de Estudiantes de Arqueología en México.

Ancient Maya Temples to Make, from cardboard.

Howard Karno Books, New and Old Books about Latin America.

Amazon.com bookstore, large selection (including Pre-columbian books), with search capabilities.

A Clean Well-Lighted Place For Books: The Maya.

Papers from the Institute of Archaeology, (UCL), has some online articles.

Archaeology Magazine.

Maya World, free on-line magazine devoted to the Maya, The Stevenson Press, Inc. and Mesoamerica Foundation. Also info on the Rainforest, and book and video sales.

Journal of Field Archaeology.

The Center for Archaeoastronomy, with LOST CODEX BOOKS used/out-of-print book section.

Arqueologia Mexicana, Mexican journal.

F.L.A.A.R. Art & Archaeology book service

Maya Research Program Bookstore.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum publications.

MARI Publications, Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University.

Yale University Press.

ARARA, Art and Architecture of the Americas, online journal.

Tourist Info:

MEXICO, an endless journey, official home page of the Ministry of Tourism with over 40,000 WWW pages.

Visita a Yucatán (Spanish). Pictures Yucatan.

Mexicana Airlines (Spanish/English), has also travel & history information.

El Tajin, Veracruz.

Belize Online. Tourist and Investment Guide.

Belize First Travel Magazine.

Lonely Planet Travel books, online slide shows of many countries.

Windows on the World, Mexico.

GNN Guatemala Stories.

The Green Arrow Guide to Central America. Info on various countries, with pages about The Mundo Maya.

prom perú - Atractivos Turisticos, English and Spanish.

The Yucatan Web, has also nice info on ruins and museums.

Guatemala Unlimited.

Eco Travels in Latin America.

Adventure Specialists, Inc., offer trips to explore ruins in Peru.

Latin American Traveler, journal and web info.

Campeche, information about Campeche, Mexico, with pictures of Edzna.

Maya Eco Tours.

Belize Explorer, Cayo Online is a comprehensive travel guide to Cayo District, Belize.

Lake Atitlan, A Guatemalan travel magazine.

Ek Balam, Yucatan.

Michael R. Swigart's Latinamerican Travel Links

Tours, Field studies:

Archaeological Field Work Server.

The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project.

Far Horizons Archaeological Tours.

Earthwatch archaeologically oriented tours.

Maya Research Program, San Antonio, Texas.

Archaeological Research Institute, Utah.

ALLIANCE FOR OFF CAMPUS PROGRAMS, study tour & discovery program in the STATE OF VERACRUZ, MEXICO.

Social Archaeology Research Program (Trent University), at X-ual-canil in Belize.

Ecotourism in El Carbon, Honduras, has info a newly discovered site (1997).

Universities with Precolumbian Programs:

• Frequenctly Asked Questions about a Career in Archaeology in the U.S.
• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
• Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, has also info on Maya meetings.
• University of Texas, Austin, departments.
• University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
• University of California, Santa Barbara. Has also other info.
• Southern Methodist University, Dallas.
• Center for Archaeological Investigations, Dept. of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
• Colorado School of Mines, Joe Sneed.
• University of Memphis Anthropology Department.
• Dept. of Anthropology, University of Kansas.
• Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
• Archaeology (Maya) for Educators Workshop, the University of Texas at Austin.
• Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, SUNY
• FAMSI, FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MESOAMERICAN STUDIES, INC., non-profit granting agency. Has research report of the recent activities at Copan, Piedras Negras, and many more sites.
• New England Archaeology Institute, with Field School in Belize.
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• Center for Archaeological Studies, Montclair University, NJ, with Field Schools.

Language, Calendar and Astronomy:

L'Ecriture Maya.

The Maya Epigraphic Database Project by Rafael Alvarado.

Online Maya Long count calculator, by Rafael Alvarado.

Rabbit in the Moon, Maya Glyphs and Architecture, also with sound and 3D computer models, by Nancy McNelly.

Maya hieroglyphic workbook, accompanies Peter Mathews and Marc Zender workshop, site by Jason Harris.

Ancient Scripts of the World, info on various Pre-Columbian scripts.

Ethnologue Database (languages database).

The Maya Astronomy Page.

Mayan Astronomy. A lecture article.

Maya Fonts to download.

Maya Fonts, Bonneville Electronics. Commerical fonts, with free samples to download.

Nahuatl DOS programs.

The Aztec Calendar, explanation to the Aztec Calendar stone.

Mesoamerican Calendars, by Victor Mendoza.

The Electronic Tonalamatl.

The Aztec Calendar, Rene Voorburg's site, has explanations on the calendar stone, and his Aztec calendar conversion program.

Online Javascript Calculator for Maya Long counts.

Mayan Calendrics Software, Dos calendar software, English or German.

The Southernmost rise of Venus at Uxmal, 1997, by David Rosenthal.

Welcome to Tzuk-te (the World Tree), Maya calendar material.

MayaDate, Calendrical Software for Windows, download, freeware.

Aztec Calendar converter, by Pepe Baeza.

GeoNative, Native American languages

Burden of Time Mayan Calendar, Maya calendar software for Windows.

Geography, Flora, Fauna:

Flora Mesoamericana.

Ethnobotany, a school lesson using corn as an example.

Maps of America.

Xerox Parc Map Viewer, Central America.

Sierra Club, Southwest Deserts Ecoregion.

Eco Travels in Latin America.

Disembodied Eyes. Drugs, also in native American contexts.

Origins of maize, Chemistry Laboratory of Natural Resources.

Personal Pages:

The FLP Gold project, Diquis figurines, students from the Stuart Center in Norfolk.

GB Online's Mesoamerica, nice site with pictures, uses HTML frames.

A Mesoamerican Art Page, by Edgar Martín del Campo; over 260 nice pictures of art.

Two pictures from Lago Atitlan by Derek Parent. He would like to know, if anybody can provide any information on the altar and the petroglyph. Or download the altar picture or the petroglyph picture from here.

Wandering through the Yucatan, by Jim Duncan.

Personal Page about Mexico (Come and see what's new in Mexico) with links.

About Guatemala. A personal page with pictures.

Brian Ampolsk's Home Page.

Pages with pictures about Ancient Cultures of the Andes and Traditional Textiles.

John Major Jenkins' site with documents on the Maya Calendar.

The Aerial Archaeology Newsletter, aerial pictures of NW Mexico, SW USA.

A Mayan Mystery, an astronomical alignment in a temple a tulum? asks Wayne Campbell.

The Mayanist Page, many links, differently organized than here.

Pre-Columbian Culture Links.

M . A . S . S ., MESOAMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY SOCIETY, nice photographs, a shareware Maya calendar program, surveying manuals.

Belize, Central America, Altun Ha and Cayo district ruins in Belize.

Images of Mexico, Photographs by Edward Dawson, nice pictures.

J. Anthony: GATEWAY PAGE, pictures from the new museum, Copan Ruinas, Honduras.

Mesoamerica (Aztecs), by Graham Watkins.

Mayan Photo Adventures, by John C. Mureiko

CAPE COD MAYAN HOME PAGE.

Micheal J. Way's trip through Peru, pictures from Nazca, Machu Picchu, Cuzco.

Angus McIntyre's WWW page, with pictures of Nazca, the Inca trail.

MayanRuins.com, nice pictures of Uxmal, Sayil, Labna and other Puuc sites by Barbara McKenzie.

Ancient Civilizations (New World) Link Page, by G.W. Flemming.

Cory's Mexico Page, by Cory J. Hanson

Ed Jolie's site, with Mesoamerican info, and an archeological internet Chat channel (IRC).

Maya World, nice pictures of sites, by Eugen Szekely

Maya Ruins of Tulum Web site, by Scott Sakurai.

Maya Stereoscopic pictures, by Winfried Lehmann.

El Pital: A Lost City Discovered In Mexico, by photographer David Hiser.

Sacred Sites, has pictures of Precolumbian sites.

Cultures of the Andes, by Ada & Russ Gibbons, with an excellent link list.

Mesoamerican Ruins, by Tim Lara, pictures from Tikal, Copan, and soon more.

The Photographs of Tony Riscossa, many pictures from Chichen Itza, El Ray, Yamil Lu'um, Serpent Mound Ohio.

Travels with Margie, by Margaret Glover, pictures from Yucatan, caves.

The Good Life, Archaeology, report about digging in Lamanai, Belize, by Helene Studer.

Ek Balam, Info on the Maya, in German and English, by Andrea Halberstadt.

A Visit to the Yucatán Peninsula, photos of 20 sites, calendar, travel info, by Peter Wohlmut.

Thanksgiving in Yucatan 1994, (Welcome to Hanksville) various resources, calendar info, links, by Karen M. Strom.

Photo Gallery Home Page, by James Q. Jacobs, nice Mesoamerican and South American Photos.

Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, by Roy Davies.

Quetzalcoatl Papers, by Brant Gardner.

Sam Edgerton's pictures, mainly to illustrate posts to Aztlan.

Research and publications by James W. Dow, Professor of Anthropology, Oakland University, Rochester.

Petroglyphs & Rock Paintings, by J. Campbel.

Virtual Mexican Polyphony, Aerophones - musical instruments - by Roberto Velazquez.

Lords of the Earth, by D. M. Urquidi. Note: interesting material, although some interpretations/speculations are way beyond what is accepted by scientists.

Mostly Maya, by Dwayne Shreve.

Mesoamerica, pictures Copan, Tikal, by Tima Lara.

Commercial Offerings:

New World Emporium, Central American Imports, Art, Crafts.

Anahuac Imports, Replicas of Maya stela and tablets.

Guy Clark Ancient Coins and Antiquities.

Lost in Guatemala. A CD-ROM title.

ArcheoPrints, T-shirts with Pre-Columbian designs.

Mesoamerican Graphics (to use as backgrounds etc.).

One World, Imports of Traditional Andean Textiles.

Maya Graphics Limited, Original artwork.

El Sarape, Mexican Arts and Crafts gallery.

Greg Manning Galleries.

W.G. Winter, Bookseller.

La Guaca, Precolumbian Jewelry from Colombia.

Pictures of Record, Inc., slide series of Archaeological sites, including many Pre-Columbian series.

Pacho Lane Ethnoscope Film & Video, ethnohistorical videos.

Maya Jones Imports, Guatemalan Imports.

Venture-Out, Cancun, Mx., with The New World Gazette, by John Pastore, also at Xoom (but slow).

Rancho Encantado Resort, on Laguna Bacalar near Chetumal.

Colonial Mexico, Espadaña Press, by Richard Perry, pictures of mission from Yucatan, guide books.

Artifact Ink, Illustration for the archaeological science, presently not on-line anymore.

Latinmade Trading Co., Taino artefact replicas.

Spirit of the Maya, Tanah, Cayo District, Belize, replicas, lodge.

Arte de Luna, mesoamerican inspired artwork.

Anthropology Archeology and ArtStock Photographs.

La Maya de Guatemala. Mayan Arts and Crafts.

The Mayan Calendar, Modern day wall calendar, with B&W photos of Maya sites plus glyphs and translations.

More Post-Conquest related information:

• Culture and Society of México, has FAQ for the SOC.CULTURE.MEXICAN newsgroup, lots of various info, also on calendar.
• This week in "American Indian" History, by Phil Konstantin, this site has more than 1000 links!
• E-text: History of the Conquest of Mexico and History of the Conquest of Peru, by William Prescott.
• Columbus and the Age of Discovery. Has also lots of archaeological articles.
• Welcome to 1492: An ongoing voyage, info on the conquest.
• Abya Yala Net and NativeWeb.
• Latin America, contains many links, native tales and other information.
• Culture and Society of Mexico. Has also information on books about Mesoamerica.
• Welcome to Mexico! Spanish Version?
• trace, s.c., Mexico's index, various info about Mexico, and many, many links!
• Reforma INFOSEL El Norte. Mexican Newspapers Reforma and El Norte; you can search archives (Consulta en Archivo Historico) for keywords like "maya" or "arqueologia".
• Guatemala Student Initative.
• CMMEC, Mexica Movement.
• THE YAGAN INDIAN CHURCH HOMEPAGE.
• HACH WINIK HOME PAGE, a Web site for the Lacandon Maya communities (also in Spanish).
• Wankarini Houses, by John Wasson.
• Home Page of the Maya People of the Toledo district of Belize.
• Zunil Maximon shrine.
• MAYA, The Guatemalan Indian Centre, London, information and shop.
• Estudios subre las culturas de México, by David Wright, with articles in Spanish.
• Documentary Relations of the Southwest, on-line bibliography of spanish colonial documents, Arizona State Museum.
• Todos Santos Cuchumatan, municipality in Guatemala.
• Archivo general de la Nacion desde Artes y Historia, Mexico (Spanish).
• Hacienda Yaxcopoil, antigua hacienda & museum, Yucatan, Mexico.

Other Links:

ArchNet, general archaeology WWW server, with many links to museums and other sites, as well as methods pages.

Archonnet, Archaeology on the Net. Lots of general info, archaeology ring, section on the Americas.

Anthropology Resources on the Internet, good collection of links and information.

European Mirror.

Getting to the New World, DNA studies on native American people.

ARCHAEOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION - an electronic companion

Obsidian Hydration Studies.

Precolumbian Pottery Graphics to download (mixed with other picture files).

Maya Ruins and unexplained acoustics, reports of acoustic phenomena at Maya ruins.

Old Time Religion, Discovery Online USA article.

South- and Mesoamerican archaeology links.

Burns Farms Huitlacoche Web site.

P.S. Neeley Shareware, Aztec Patolli, Maya Bul and Anasazi Tasholliiwe for Windows games.

The Anthropology Connection, info on happenings in Anthropology.

Nordic Explorers, Norse expansion into North America, Vikings in America.

Lithics-Net, The Center of the Web for Information on North American Aborigine Projectile Points and Lithics.

Archaeology Chat Page.

Latinamerican Yahoo chat page club.

Commentarium, a digest of archaeological new links from all sources.

International Cultural Property Protection, US State Department.

Archaeological Research Resources.

Archives of Aztlan, at LISTSERV.LOUISVILLE.EDU.