Chapter 1
Video Resources
- This Nova video discusses controversies related to New World migrations: http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.firstpeople/when-did-the-first-americans-arrive/ (5:42)
- History Channel's Digging for the Truth host Josh Bernstein investigates the rise and fall of Teotihuacan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gHfWMwHouA (44:59)
- This fragment from the movie (produced by Patricia Amlin using drawings from pottery) tells the story of the creation myth of the Quiché Maya known as the Popol Vuh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOlwaiGoceE (8:32)
- The National Geographic video discusses development and decline of the Maya Pyramids of Chichen Itza: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/ancient-mysteries/chichen-itza-temples (3:29)
- History Channel's Digging for the Truth host Josh Bernstein investigates Aztec human sacrifice, with help from authoritative scholars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FazFzhCZkmg (43:51)
- In this video from the DNA Learning Center, geneticists discuss the history of maize: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuQBpqSKu1Y (7:28)
Links
- This website contains an excellent collection of maps of Mexico. Note especially maps regarding geography, geology, and ecological zones: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/mexico.html
- This website contains illustrated descriptions of several Mesoamerican cultures: www.nairiok.org/MesoAmerica.html
- This website is a photo archive of Mesoamerican cities: http://www.mesoamerican-archives.com/
- This website contains a variety of resources including maps and a searchable bibliography: www.famsi.org/maps/
- This website contains descriptions of various aspects of Mesoamerican cultures: www.angelfire.com/ca/humanorigins/index.html
- This website provides maps, graphs, and suggested sources regarding pre-historic societies and migration from Asia to America: http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/ancient.htm
- This website discusses how archeologists decoded Maya hieroglyphics: http://nightfirefilms.org/breaking-the-maya-code/
- This website features pre-Columbian art from the Harvard University Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection: http://museum.doaks.org/IT_909
- This Smithsonian website contains discussion, images, field notes, and artifacts related to the discovery and excavation of Olmec sites: http://anthropology.si.edu/olmec/english/sites/laVenta.htm
- This National Geographic website contains photographs of early twentieth-century excavations in Mesoamerica, mostly Yucatán: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/vintage-yucatan-photos/