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AncientMexico.com - The Art, Culture, and History of Ancient Mesoamerica __ A source for the study of pre-Columbian Mexico. The animated links may take some time to load but worth the wait. - illustrated - By Patrick Olivares - http://www.ancientmexico.com/index.html
Archaeological Research in Jalisco __ This website is striving to become an online center for publishing and promoting archaeological research in Jalisco. You may want to check back as it grows. As it is, you will find a great deal of information is several articles. - illustrated - From Chris Beekman - http://members.aol.com/cbeekman/research/research.html
Archaeology __ Here you will cover the four main regions where Mexico's top archaeological centres can be found today - "The Mayan Route on the southern peninsula, the Zapotecs and Mixtec in the south, the Aztec Ruins near today's Mexican Capital, and the ancient cities on the Gulf Coast - some of which even the Spanish missed when they ruled Mexico. You can discover them all with Mexperience..." - illustrated - From Mexperience - http://www.mexperience.com/guide/archaeology.htm
Archaeology in the Middle of Political Conflict in Yautepec, Mexico __ Learn
how local politics can effect archaeological research. "Many professional
discussions of archaeology and the public describe ideal settings in modern
industrialized nations. These sound naive and out of touch to those of us who
have faced the complexities of fieldwork in the Third World. The traditional
accounts of archaeologists "working together" with local peoples describe
settings where there is basically a single community and a single local public
to deal with. Those of us who work in other countries, however, must deal with
multiple publics that often present conflicting demands to the foreign
archaeologist." - From SAA -
http://www.saa.org/publications/saabulletin/15-4/SAA8.html
Archaeology of Teotihuacan, Mexico __ "Teotihuacan is situated in the central
section of the Valley of Teotihuacan. The valley is in the northeastern part of
the Basin of Mexico, a plateau over 2,000 meters high with a temperate semiarid
climate. The later Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, grew up about 700 years after
the collapse of Teotihuacan 60 km southwest on an island in the shallow lakes
that spread in the Basin at that time." This is an excellent introduction to the
archaeology and the history of this ancient city. - illustrated - From Arizona
State University -
http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/teo/intro/teolocat.htm
Bonampak Documentation Project __ About creating digital reconstructions of murals found at Bonampak. - illustrated - From Yale University - http://www.yale.edu/bonampak/
Cave Paintings of Baja California __ Discover the cave art of an unknown people in Baja, Mexico. "Over the slit-like opening of a long shallow cave was a vast expanse of fairly smooth rock surface. On that was painted a tumultuous cavalcade of human and animal figures far greater than life size. All the beasts seemed to press forward in movement from right to left; huge red and black deer and equally immense red mountain sheep dominated the surge." - illustrated - From BajaQuest - http://www.bajaquest.com/cavepaintings/
Chris Beekman __ "You can find out about Dr. Beekman's credentials and curriculum vitae. You can also read several reports on archaeological research in Jalisco, Mexico."- http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/cbeekman/index.html?mtbrand=AOL_US
Epi-Olmec Decipherment __ "Study of a newly discovered column of hieroglyphic text on the La Mojarra stela, a four-ton basalt slab discovered in 1986 and bearing one of the oldest examples of complex writing in the New World, has confirmed the accuracy of translations published four years ago by epigraphers John S. Justeson of the State University of New York, Albany, and Terrence Kaufman of the University of Pittsburgh." You can read about the discovery and the translation efforts. - From Archaeological Institute of America - http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/la.mojarra.html
Exploration of an Ancient Maya city __ Here is a brief article about a mapping project in the ancient Maya city of Palenque. - illustrated - From Mesoweb.com - http://www.mesoweb.com/palenque/features/exploration.html
The Maya Ruins Page __ This interactive site allows you to explore the great
Maya archaeological sites of Mexico. Just click a name on the map to go to
archaeological information, photos, and history of your selected city. -
illustrated - From Barbara A. McKenzie -
http://mayaruins.com/yucmap.html
Mesoamerican Photo Archives __ Tour Mesoamerica by means of dozens of photos. -
http://www.mesoamerican-archives.com/
Michael E. Smith Home Page __ "Dr. Smith, an archaeologist specializing in the study of the Aztecs of central Mexico who teaches a State University of New York, has directed fieldwork projects at Aztec sites in the Mexican state of Morelos, and published several books and numerous scholarly articles on his work. This website is his personal homepage. Excellent links and illustrations." - http://www.albany.edu/~mesmith/index.html
New Tomb at Teotihuacan __ About the archaeological research of a tomb found within Teotihuacan's Pyramid of the Moon. - illustrated - From the Archaeological Institute of America - http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/mexico/
Overview __ This website features a brief article about the city of Panenque along with a changing slide show of aerial views of the city. - illustrated - From Mesoweb.com - http://www.mesoweb.com/palenque/features/overview/overview.html
Photos of Tulum Ruins __ A photo tour of the archaeological site of Tulum, a post-classic Maya center. - illustrated - From John C. Mureiko - http://www.concentric.net/~yohon/tulumpage.html
Radar may reveal Mayan rituals __ Learn about ground penetrating radar use in the an area near the Castillo pyramid - "also known as the pyramid of Kukulcan - where United States archaeologist, Larry Desmond, believes a cave used by the Maya for ritual purposes is located." - illustrated - From Swiss Radio International - http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=511&sid=1104558
Reflections on the Architecture of Palenque __ A good article about the
buildings of Palenque, their construction, and some history. - illustrated -
From Mesoweb.com -
http://www.mesoweb.com/palenque/features/architecture/architecture.html
Rutamaya __ A short photo tour of the ruins of Kohunlich, a Maya site in Mexico.
- illustrated - From Andreas Kultermann -
http://www.shawnk.com/maya/kohun.htm
Settlement and Ecology of the Lake Basins of Central Jalisco __ A complex society existed in these lake basins during the Formative and Classical years of ancient Mexican history. - illustrated, history, archaeological sites - By Phil Weigand/Archaeological Research in Jalisco - http://hometown.aol.com/cbeekman/research/settlementecology.html
Teotihuacan __ You will find an informative site about an amazing ancient city. - photos and other illustrations - http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/teo
Tequila Valley Regional Archaeological Project __ Learn about archaeological research and get results from the Tequila Valley Regional Archaeological Project. The project began in 1999 and still seems to be running. Text links lead to a great deal more information. - illustrated - By Chris Beekman - http://members.aol.com/cbeekman/research/tvrap.html
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