Science: Archaeology: Periods and Cultures: Mesoamerican: Maya

Glenn Welker describes the locations and development of Maya civilization. Michael Lemonick gives a history of the related archeological research.

Photos from Uxmal, Labna, Sayil, Chacmultun, Becan, Xpujil, Tikal, Xunantunich, Lamanai, Kohunlich, Chicanna, Edzna, and Dzibilnocac.

Photographs, rubbings, and illustrations, featuring rubbings of stelae from 1970-71 in Guatemala; views of monuments published in 1844 by Catherwood.

Photographs and descriptions by Phil Konstantin. Includes Chichen Itza, Kabah, Uxmal, Labna, Xlapak, Sayil, Palenque, Xpujil, Becan and Museo de la Cultura Maya.

Project by Walter R. T. Witschey and Clifford T. Brown, to study settlement patterns: includes research papers and maps.

Formed by young scholars searching for academic contacts. Links professionals, students and amateurs for conferences, information exchange, and workshops. Links, bibliography, publications, collection inventories, news, and conference information.

Using a community centered perspective to examine how rural Maya affected and were affected by political changes.

The project currently focuses on performance among the ancient Maya, with comparisons to other cultures and time periods increasingly included.

An interdisciplinary research initiative into the prehistory and ecology of the Belize River Valley. Offers photographs of monuments, maps, field reports, publications, and contact details.

From ScienceDaily, University of Cincinnati professors found evidence of a major environmental transformation that helps to explain a puzzle that has stumped Maya scholars for decades.

From New Scientist, Mayan civilization collapsed following a series of intense droughts, suggests the most detailed climatic study to date.

Ongoing archaeological dig at a large, yet little-known, site in El Salvador.

Introductory site to Maya culture and the major Mayan archaeological sites.

Mayan hieroglyphic writing, language, and calendar; includes syllabary and Yucatec sound files.

Explore the ancient ruins of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula built by the Mayan Civilization.

Zacpeten, an archaeological site in Peten, Guatemala, was heavily occupied during the Middle Preclassic, Terminal Classic, and Late Postclassic periods.

Online version of Mundo Maya Magazine, specializing in the Maya culture. Available in English and Spanish. Detailed articles on archeological topics.

Includes: news, current research, publications, links, and contact information.

Virtual exhibition on Maya architecture with information, photos, plans, models and more.

Discussion of various acoustical oddities of the Great Ballcourt and the Castillo at Chichen Itza and the pyramids at Palenque.

The ruins of a Maya city have been discovered near a tributary of the Rio San Pedro in northern Guatemala.

Facts and artifacts relative to Mayan archaeology, prehispanic pyramid architecture, Latin America, Mesoamerica, featuring Olmec jade, stelae and sculpture at Copan, and showing how pre-Columbian art can be reproduced aided by new digital technology.

Precolumbian portfolio features a collection of artifacts and sites from the ancient Americas, and a database archive of rollout and still photographs of vases, plates, and bowls. Find hints and helps to search the database.

Features a photo gallery of Jeffrey Jay Foxx, ethnographic photographer. Includes a biography, a list of exhibitions and books, and related links.