Preclassic or Early Formative Period: 1000 BCE to 500 CE
- Olmec
- Maya
- Toltec
- Maya
- Aztec
The Pre-Columbian Photograph and Fieldwork Archives at Dumbarton Oaks comprise images of objects, archaeological sites, architecture, monuments, maps, major codices, and illustrations. The holdings document places and objects from Mesoamerica, the Intermediate Area, and the Andes, and cover around 2,000 years of history.
eHRAF Archaeology (Human Relations Area Files)
Focuses on in-depth descriptive documents of archaeological traditions from around the world.
Cultures and History of the Americas: The Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress
Manual of the Monuments of Copan
The following guides originate from the University of Miami Libraries Architecture Research Center (ARC) on the Coral Gables campus of the University of Miami. This location is the homeland of the Tequesta, Seminole and Miccosukee peoples.
This acknowledgment is one of the ways in which we work to educate ourselves about this land, its history, and our relationships with the land and each other.
This acknowledgment is one of the ways in which we work to educate ourselves about this land, its history, and our relationships with the land and each other.
Palenque, Yucatan.
Crist, Raymond E., and Louis A. Paganini. 1980. “The Rise and Fall of Maya Civilization.” American Journal of Economics & Sociology 39 (1): 23–30.
Morris, A. E. J. History of Urban Form: Before the Industrial Revolutions. Longman Scientific & Technical; Wiley, 1994.
Morris, A. E. J. History of Urban Form: Before the Industrial Revolutions. Longman Scientific & Technical; Wiley, 1994.
Olmec. San Lorenzo.
Kristan-Graham, et al. Memory Traces: Analyzing Sacred Space at Five Mesoamerican Sites. University Press of Colorado, 2015.
Schaedel, et al. Urbanization in the Americas from Its Beginnings to the Present. Mouton Publishers; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Aldine, 1978.
Schaedel, et al. Urbanization in the Americas from Its Beginnings to the Present. Mouton Publishers; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Aldine, 1978.
Stark, Barbara L., and Philip J. Arnold. Olmec to Aztec : Settlement Patterns in the Ancient Gulf Lowlands. University of Arizona Press, 1997.
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