Ancient Mexico

In the News . . .

• Don’t call us traitors: descendants of Cortés’s allies defend role in toppling Aztec empire -- The Guardian (13 August 2021)
  
  
• Discovery of iron anchors raises hopes of finding Hernán Cortés's ships -- The Guardian (20 December 2019)
  
  
• Bone Analysis Reveals Violent History of Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica -- Phys.org (05 May 2015)
  
  
• Mesoamerican City of Cantona Abandoned After 650-Year Period of Droughts -- Past Horizons (29 January 2015)
  
  
• Early Mesoamericans Affected by Climate Change -- Science Daily (21 January 2015)
  
  
• Tlatilco Burial Artefacts Reveal Olmec Connection -- Past Horizons (18 September 2014)
  
  
• Mexico's Natives Didn't Mix Much, New Study Shows -- National Geographic News (12 June 2014)
  
  
• Discovery of Oldest Footprints Gives Clues to Mexico's Climate -- Planet Earth (02 January 2014)
  
  
• Faces of Ancient Mexico Revealed in Skulls -- LiveScience (12 September 2013)
  
  
• 12,000 Year Old Lineage of the First Settlers in the Americas -- Past Horizons (09 September 2013)
  
  
• Cranial Deformation Discovered in 1000 Year Old Mexican Cemetery [Sonora] -- Past Horizons (16 December 2012)
  
  
• Exploring Mexico's Sacred Caves -- Der Spiegel (30 November 2012)
  
  
• Cave Used to Bury the Dead Contained a Mummified Dog -- Past Horizons (19 November 2012)
  
  
• Streetview Comes to Mexican Sites -- Past Horizons (21 August 2012)
  
  
• 'Conclusive' Evidence of Human Sacrifice Found in Mexico -- Telegraph (03 May 2012)
  
  

• Abya Yala Net -- including Native Web
  ("a cyber-place for Earth's indigenous peoples")
  
  
• The Americas: The Old New World -- Guides to the Ancient World, Guardian (11 November 2010)
  
  
• Ancient Corpses Ritually Dug Up, Torn Apart, Reburied -- National Geographic News (09 March 2010)
  
  
• Ancient Human-Bone Sculptors Turned Relatives Into Tools? -- National Geographic News (10 August 2010)
  
  
• Mathews, Jennifer P. Chicle: The Chewing Gum of the Americas, From the Ancient Maya to William Wrigley. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 2009.
  
  
• Does the Slope of a Pyramid Really Matter? -- Wired (20 July 2011)
  
  
• Dunmire, William W. Gardens of New Spain: How Mediterranean Plants and Foods Changed America. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004.
  
  
• Illustrated Database of Mexican Biodiversity
  
  
• Indigenous Mexican Images -- Azteca Web Page, Mario Araujo
  
  
• Languages of Mexico -- Living Languages of the Americas
  
  
• Law in Mexico Before the Conquest -- University of Texas

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• Maize (Corn) May Have Been Domesticated In Mexico As Early As 10,000 Years Ago -- Science Daily (6/30/08)
  
  
• The Mapas Project -- Center for the Study of Women in Society and the Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Oregon
  
  
• Mayan-Style Ancient Warrior Rated a Fake as Mexico and France Cross Swords -- Guardian (03 April 2011)
  
  
• Mesoamericans Were The First Polymer Scientists -- Discovery News (26 May 2010)
  
  
• Mexican Cities ("Windows on Mexico") -- Brief information on Major Cities from Windows on the World: Mexico
  
  
• Mexican History and Origins -- George López
  
  
• Mexican Main Archaeological Zones by State -- Mexico: An Endless Journey, by SECTUR
  
  
• Mexico Connect
  
  
• Mexico Reference Desk -- Latin American Network Information Center, University of Texas
  
  
• Mexico's Index -- ca. 2000 links
  
  
• Mummified Bodies Found on Mexico's Highest Peak -- Discovery News (09 March 2015)
  
  
• Museo Nacional de Antropología -- The National Anthropology Museum
  
  
• Mysterious Jade Artifact May Have Been Offering to Ancient Gods -- LiveScience (09 March 2015)
  
  
• Native Americans tamed turkeys in 800 B.C. -- MSNBC (01 February 2010)
  
  
• Obsidian Mirror-Travels: Refracting Ancient Mexican Art and Archaeology -- Getty Museum
  
  
• Protecting Mexico's Mayan and Aztec treasures -- BBCNews (25 February 2011)
  
  
• Rain, Patricia. Vanilla: The Cultural History of the World's Favorite Flavor and Fragrance. London: Penguin, 2004.
  
  
• Sacred Destinations > Mexico -- Holly Hayes

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