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Contents 1 Tools & References 1.1 Source documents 1.1.1 Primary sources 1.1.2 Secondary/Historical sources 1.1.3 Languages & dictionaries 1.1.4 Maps & diagrams 1.2 External sites - Mesoamerican studies 1.2.1 Mesoamerican lectures and presentations 1.3 Citation templates 2 Others

[edit] Tools & References

A repository of details and links to tools, resources, references and other materials commonly used when editing Mesoamerica-related articles. This page shared by WP:MESO and WP:AZTEC.

[edit] Source documents

links to primary source documents (reproductions of codices, indigenous and Spanish accounts from pre-Columbian, conquest and colonial eras, etc.), and secondary/historical documents.

[edit] Primary sources

• Anonymous Conqueror (1550). Narrative of Some Things of New Spain and of the Great City of Temestitan . Reported eyewitness accounts (possibly a compilation) of Cortes' expedition & description of Central Mexican peoples. FAMSI reproduction of 1917 translation.
• Cervantes de Salazar, Francisco (1560?). Crónica de la Nueva España. Spanish encounters and description of Mesoamerican cultures. Readme.it edition. (Spanish)
• Martyr d'Anghiera, Peter (ca. 1504–1526). De Orbe Novo. First collected accounts of the New World. Project Gutenberg reproduction.

[edit] Secondary/Historical sources

• Brinton, Daniel G. (Ed.) (1890). Rig Veda Americanus. Nahua/Aztec songs and poems. Project Gutenberg reproduction. (Nahuatl) (English)
• Kerr, Robert (1824). A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, vol. IV. Has some sections on early Spanish conquistador encounters. Project Gutenberg reproduction.

[edit] Languages & dictionaries

• SUP-INFOR excellent collection of searchable databases for Nauhatl & other Mesoamerican languages, dictionaries, and reproductions of a number of codices. DBs can be downloaded (PC-only support). (French) (Spanish) (English)(some pages)
• The Mayan Languages - A Comparative Vocabulary online searchable database of Mayan vocabulary, Univ. of Southern Denmark
• Dictionary-Concordance of Yucatecan Mayan language by David Bolles, at FAMSI

[edit] Maps & diagrams

• Electronic Atlas of Ancient Maya Sites extremely detailed downloadable maps (PDF) of Maya site locations (over 4400 !)
• AUM Carnegie Explorer some sample maps & site reports from Carnegie Institution
• Atlas Arquelógico de Guatemala some maps and a very good repository of Guatemalan archaeological papers published in various sources, all downloadable as PDFs (Spanish)

[edit] External sites - Mesoamerican studies

• MESOWEB large repository of many recent academic papers on Mesoamerican studies.
  • PARI Precolumbian Art Research Institute; incl. papers from Palenque Mesa Redonda ("Round Table") meetings
• FAMSI Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc., another comprehensive source for academic papers, monographs and Mesoamerican resources.
  • online Bibliografía Mesoamericana, FAMSI Research Materials.
  • online Maya Hieroglyph Dictionary, Mathews and Bíró, FAMSI Research Materials.
  • online Maya Vase Database, Justin Kerr, FAMSI Research Materials.
• MARI Middle America Research Institute, Tulane University
• WAYEB European Association of Mayanists
• Mesoamerican-archives Repository of photos from various Mesoamerican sites, by David R. Hixson. Imgs are copyrighted, but could be approached for use in WP.
• INAH Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico. A number of recent papers (Spanish)
• ALMG Academia de Lengues Mayas de Guatemala. Authority on Mayan languages, its orthography is used by many Mayanist sources. (Spanish)
• Atlas Arquelógico de Guatemala Govt. site, some maps and a very good repository of Guatemalan archaeological papers published in various sources, all downloadable as PDFs (see in particular "Otras publicaciones") (Spanish)
• MUNAE Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología de Guatemala, has imgs and occasional info on exhibits
• AMNH American Museum of Natural History papers, includes some rare papers on Mesoamerican topics, among others

[edit] Mesoamerican lectures and presentations

• US/Americas-based public lectures, presentations, etc- listing updated maintained at Mike Ruggeri's website

[edit] Citation templates

Commonly-used citations to Mesoamerican reference works are now listed on the separate subpage WP:MESO/CITE.

This subpage contains pre-formatted and pre-filled citation templates, which can simply be copied and conveniently pasted direct into the "references" section of articles which use them.

Please add more as you find/need them.

[edit] Others

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