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Tracking Maya Regional Organization
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/backdirt/Spr01/maya.html
Using a community centered perspective to examine how rural Maya affected and were affected by political changes.
The Maya Ruins Page
Photos from Uxmal, Labna, Sayil, Chacmultun, Becan, Xpujil, Tikal, Xunantunich, Lamanai, Kohunlich, Chicanna, Edzna, and Dzibilnocac.
Studying the Archaeology of Performance Among the Ancient Maya
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/backdirt/fall01/julia.html
The project currently focuses on performance among the ancient Maya, with comparisons to other cultures and time periods increasingly included.
Mundo Maya Online
Online version of Mundo Maya Magazine, specializing in the Maya culture. Available in English and Spanish. Detailed articles on archeological topics.
Muddy Mayan Mystery Made Clearer By Researchers Working In The Bajos
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/07/020724080415.htm
From ScienceDaily, University of Cincinnati professors found evidence of a major environmental transformation that helps to explain a puzzle that has stumped Maya scholars for decades.
Mayavase.com
Precolumbian portfolio features a collection of artifacts and sites from the ancient Americas, and a database archive of rollout and still photographs of vases, plates, and bowls. Find hints and helps to search the database.
Mayan Collection
http://www.mayancollection.com/
Photographs, rubbings, and illustrations, featuring rubbings of stelae from 1970-71 in Guatemala; views of monuments published in 1844 by Catherwood.
Mayan Civilization
http://www.indians.org/welker/maya.htm
Glenn Welker describes the locations and development of Maya civilization. Michael Lemonick gives a history of the related archeological research.
Maya Ruins
http://americanindian.net/maya.html
Photographs and descriptions by Phil Konstantin. Includes Chichen Itza, Kabah, Uxmal, Labna, Xlapak, Sayil, Palenque, Xpujil, Becan and Museo de la Cultura Maya.
Maya Motifs
Art featuring designs from the Tzolkin, the ritual calendar of the Maya.
Maya Art Pages
http://home.epix.net/~miser17/art.html
Two photo collections of art from the classic period (400-800 CE), one of vases and the other of stellae at Copan, Honduras.
Maya Architecture: Evolution, Structure and Diversity of a Civilization
Virtual exhibition on Maya architecture with information, photos, plans, and models.
Maya Archaeology
http://www.maya-archaeology.org/
Facts and artifacts relative to Mayan archaeology, prehispanic pyramid architecture, Latin America, Mesoamerica, featuring Olmec jade, stelae and sculpture at Copan, and showing how pre-Columbian art can be reproduced aided by new digital technology.
Intense Droughts Blamed for Mayan Collapse
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3502
From New Scientist, Mayan civilization collapsed following a series of intense droughts, suggests the most detailed climatic study to date.
Foxx Archive
Features a photo gallery of Jeffrey Jay Foxx, ethnographic photographer. Includes a biography, a list of exhibitions and books, and related links.
European Association of Mayanists
Formed by young scholars searching for academic contacts. Links professionals, students and amateurs for conferences, information exchange, and workshops. Links, bibliography, publications, collection inventories, news, and conference information.
Building a Geographic Information System of Ancient Maya Settlement
Project by Walter R. T. Witschey and Clifford T. Brown, to study settlement patterns: includes research papers and maps.