Mayan Resources

Maya Archaeology --This Maya Archaeology Web site is dedicated to the utilization of advances in digital photography and scanning to provide information on pre-Hispanic civilizations of the Americas

Maya Astronomy Page --Links to Maya mathematics; Maya calendar; Maya writing; Maya astronomy and Maya-related WWW links.

Mayan Folktales -- Wonderful folktales translated from the Mayan language to English and Spanish. These stories were told to Fernando Peñalosa by don Pedro Miguel Say, a famous Q'anjob'al storyteller from San Miguel Acátan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala,

Mayan Rubbings Collection (Tulane) --The Merle Greene Robertson Collection of Rubbings of Maya Relief Sculpture, the acquisition of which began in 1969, contains nearly 2,000 rubbings made on handmade Japanese rice paper with either thick sumi ink or oil paints. This corpus is of major importance for art historians, archaeologists, and Maya epigraphers, as it provides full-scale records of Maya sculpture and hieroglyphic writing primarily from Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.

Mystery of the Maya --In support of the IMAX film, Mystery of the Maya, which was co-produced by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, presented here is information on Maya civilization and several exhibits that were on display at the Museum in 1995, including the Maya civilization; exhibits from the Canadian Musuem and Maya artifacts.

eHRAF Collection of Archaeology (OU Access only) -- Provides access to a growing, web-based database with information on the prehistory of the world.

Precolumbian Art Research Institute -- Contains resources related to Mesoamerican art, archaeology, and glyphic texts, focusing on the Maya civilization.

Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations -- This site, which focuess on the Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec civilizations, provides information on Mesoamerican writing systems, governments, and religions.