Ancient Mesoamérica
Overview
- The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors, 3rd ed. (1993)
- Mesoamerica: The Evolution of a Civilization (1968)
- Prehistoric Mesoamerica (Adams 1991)
- Historical Atlas of Ancient America (2001)
Bibliographies
(see also Epigraphy, Maya, Mexica)
- The Ancient Americas: A Brief History and Guide to Research (1989)
- Art and Archaeology of Pre-Columbian Middle America: Annotated Bibliography of Works in English (1977)
- The Art of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica: An Annotated Bibliography (1985)
- Bibliografia Mesoamericana (kawil.saiph.com:5000/)
- Mesoamerican Archaeology: A Guide to the Literature and Other Information Resources (1981)
- Codices (see Epigraphy)
Cultures, major
Maya
– Modern geographic locations: Chiapas State & Yucatan (Mexico), Guatemala, Honduras
- An Album of Maya Architecture (1946 and later ed.)
- Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art (1986)
- Lexicon for Maya Architecture (1984)
- The Maya (Coe 1999)
- Maya Civilization [bibliography] (1993)
- Maya Civilization 1990-1995: A Bibliographic Guide (2) (1997)
- The Mayas: A Bibliography of Books and Periodical Articles (1991) o Study of Maya Art (1913; 1975)
Mexica (Aztec)
– Modern geographic location: Central Highlands of Mexico o Aztec Art (Pasztory 1981)
- The Aztecs (Smith 1996)
- The Aztecs: A Bibliography of Books and Periodical Articles (1987)
- Aztecs: An Interpretation (1991)
- Aztecs of Central Mexico: An Imperial Society (1982)
Mixtec / Zapotec
– Modern geographic location: Oaxaca State (Mexico)
- Cloud People: The Divergent Evolution of the Zapotec and Mixtec Civilizations (1983)
- Vanished Mesoamerican Civilizations: The History and Culture of the Zapotecs and Mixtecs (2001)
- Zapotec Civilization: How Urban Society Evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley (1996)
Olmec
– Modern geographic location: Veracruz State (Mexico)
- Olmec: Mother Culture of Mesoamerica (1989)
- Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico (1996)
- Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership (1995)
Teotihuacan
– Modern geographic location: Mexico City
- Teotihuacan: An Experiment in Living (1997)
- Teotihuacan: Art from the City of the Gods (1993)
Toltec
– Modern geographic location: Hidalgo State (Mexico)
- The Toltecs, Until the Fall of Tula (1977)
Encyclopedias
- Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia (2001)
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures (2001)
Epigraphy, Writing, & the Mesoamerican Codex
- The Art of the Maya Scribe (1998)
- Bibliografia de Codices, Mapas, y Lienzos (1979)
- Breaking the Maya Code (1999)
- Los Codices de Mexico: Historias Extraordinarias (1999)
- Maya Scribe and His World (1973)
- Mesoamerican Writing Systems: Propaganda, Myth, and History in Four Ancient Civilizations (1992)
- Symbolic Notation of Teotihuacan: Elements of Writing in a Mesoamerican Culture… (1986)
Handbooks
- Handbook of Latin American Studies (lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/)
- Handbook of Middle American Indians (16 volumes; 1964-1976)
- Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians (currently in 6 volumes; 1981- )
Journals
- American Anthropologist
- American Antiquity
- American Indian Quarterly
- Anales de Antropologia
- Ancient Mesoamerica
- Antropologia y Historia
- Antropologia y Historia de Guatemala
- Archaeology
- Arqueologia Mexicana
- Estudios de Cultura Maya
- Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl
- Historia Mexicana
- Katunob
- Latin American Antiquity
- Maya Research
- Mesoamerica [CIRMA]
- Mexicon
- Notas Mesoamericanos
- PARI Journal
Library of Congress Subject Headings
(profitably search the online catalog)
- Name of culture, followed by subheading (e.g. Aztecs-History; Mayas-Art)
- Indians of Mexico-Antiquities; Indians of Mexico-Writing, etc.
- Indians of Central America-History; Indians of Central America-Architecture, etc.
Series
- Civilization of the American Indian Series (University of Oklahoma)
- Palenque Round Table Series (Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute)
- Studies in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology (Dumbarton Oaks)
- Warfare Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control (1988)
- War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica (1992)
Resources
Further Reading
- Herrera, José Israel, “Unveiling the face of diversity: Interlegality and legal pluralism in the Mayan area of the Yucatan Peninsula”, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law. Ãmsterdam
- Parmenter, Ross, “D. H. Lawrence’s third visit to Casa Alvarado”, Chalchihuitl in Quetzalli: Precious Greenstone, Precious Quetzal Feather: Mesoamerican Studies in Honor of Doris Heyden. Eloise Quiñones Keber, ed. pp. 205-209, Labyrinthos, Lancaster
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