Mayan Research
Welcome to History Link 101's Mayan Research Page. History Link 101 is a site developed for World History Classes, by a World History Teacher.
Archeology
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Day at Blue Creek Dig Information on Mayan Archeological dig.
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Mesoamerican
Archaeoastronomy Series of essays on calendars, dates, numbers, and more of Mesoamerican
Pre-Spanish.
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Major Mesoamerican Sites Links to pages on the major archeological sites of pre and post Classical Era.
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Catalog of Zapotec Effigy Vessels Links to illustrations and explantations of vessel.
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Piedras Negras Archaeology Archeological paper on the findings in 1931-1939 known as Piedras Negras. Four PDF files at the bottom of the page with the report, includes images.
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Mayan Calendar System
The Mayan In depth essay on calendar and Math system.
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How the Mayan Calendar Works
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Mayan Calendar With explanations of how the calendar worked and it's accuracy.
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Mayan Language
Mayan Inscriptions Click on the tablet and the columns are interpreted.
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Mayan Codices Very comprehensive site on the Mayan language.
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Timelines
Mexican Timeline Includes Mexico, Europe, USA, and world areas with links.
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Mesoamerican Timeline Nice, one-page visual of cultural development in Mesoamerica.
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Mayan Timeline to Present
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Original Text
Jaguar in the Night Excerpts of adventurer Teobert Maler's journal and photos of his expedition to Tikal in 1895.
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Other Sites
Copan Monuments Scholarly look at monuments at Copan. At bottom of page is links to PDF files of a very extensive manual with descriptions, illustrations and images.
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History Channel Rise and Fall of Mayan Empire Video and images of the Mayan Culture.
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Rulers
of Palenque List of Rulers from this city.
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Mesoamerican History One page summary, including the Maya.
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Food of Ancient Mayan Divided by time period.
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Who's Who in Ancient Maya Large resources on famous people and how names were used and identified. Very comprehensive.
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Dissertations and Theses Papers on Mesoamerica Twenty one listed.
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Links to Pre Columbian Sites Links are to research type sites.
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