The Legacy of Mesoamerica: ANTH / LAS 2098 / HIST 3096

Designed and maintained by information technologist Barbara A. McKenzie, this well-organized site provides an excellent visual overview of some of the more important Maya cities. Includes a bibliography for further reading.

FAMSI is perhaps the single best site on the open web to investigate the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica.

The MayaArch3D Project has built a virtual research environment for the documentation and analysis of complex archaeological sites —specifically, it is a web-based, 3D-GIS that can integrate 3D models of cities, landscapes, and objects with associated, geo-referenced archaeological data.

The Mesoamerican Archive is an collection of annotated videos documenting the years of protest and violent social change in Central America and Mexico. The archive is drawn from the rich archives of the MUPI in El Salvador, the IHNCA in Nicaragua and CIESAS in Mexico. Key themes include human rights, political violence, youth movements, the Sandinista government, guerrilla media, revolutionary literature, international relations, among others.

The website of the Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute is the product of over 35 years of investigation and exploration of Mesoamerican civilizations, their art, archaeology, and glyphic texts, as well as research concerning the tropical environment and its ancient monuments.