Wikipedia:WikiProject Mesoamerica/Resources

This page is intended as a repository of details and links to resources, references, tools and other materials commonly used when editing Mesoamerica-related articles.

Project (internal) resources
Internal (wikipedia/project) resource pages

Mesoamerica reference works and citations
The project subpage WP:MESO/CITE contains commonly used reference works on Mesoamerican topics, with pre-filled citation templates containing the full reference details. The pre-filled template may be copied and conveniently pasted direct into the "references" section of articles which use them, for consistency and completeness.

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Mesoamerica journals and citations
The project subpage WP:MESO/J contains a listing of journals and other periodicals in which papers may be published on Mesoamerican topics. Contains links to online resources for the journals, plus pre-filled citation templates for each journal, that may be used when citing in a particular article.

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Online (external) resources
Accessible (external) resources.

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of codices, indigenous and Spanish accounts from pre-Columbian, conquest and colonial eras, etc.), and secondary/historical documents.

Secondary/Historical sources

 * Brinton, Daniel G. (Ed.) (1890). Rig Veda Americanus. Nahua/Aztec songs and poems. Project Gutenberg reproduction.
 * 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.

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). (some pages)
 * Dictionnaire de la langue Nahuatl Classique, by Alexis Wimmer, based on dictionary compiled by Simeon. Comprehensive, with cross-referencing of terms found in the Florentine Codex.
 * Nahuatl Vocabulary, searchable db of en, es & nah terms at Wired Humanities Project, UO
 * 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
 * AILLA, Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America, U.Texas. Contains some texts in a number of Mesoamerican langs.
 * ALMG Academia de Lengues Mayas de Guatemala. Authority on Mayan languages, its orthography is used by many Mayanist sources.
 * OKMA, La Asociación Oxlajuuj Keej Maya’ Ajtz’iib’, Guatemalan organisation for investigation and documentation of Mayan langs.
 * PDLMA, Project for the Documentation of the Languages of Mesoamerica, by Kaufman, Justeson & Maldonaldo. Online database, some papers.

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

American foundations, institutions, collections and universities

 * FAMSI Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc., just about the most 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.
 * AZTLAN mailing list, discussion forum archives
 * NAHUATL-l mailing list, discussion forum archives
 * 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
 * MARI Middle America Research Institute, Tulane University
 * MARL Mesoamerican Archaeological Research Laboratory, UT Austin. Publishes mono y conejo journal, & some site reports
 * CMHI, Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions by Peabody Museum, now has some good info & reproductions online
 * Mesoamerican img archives Repository of photos from various Mesoamerican sites, by David R. Hixson. Imgs are copyrighted, but could be approached for use in WP.
 * Puuc (Uxmal, Kabah, Sayil and Labna) docs & imgs, by Charles Rhyne & Reed College; many scans of old (Pub Domain) imgs and maps, also modern ones, of the region; + extensive annotated biblios in PDFs
 * La Milpa Archaeological Project, Boston University
 * Traditional High Cultures, by EcoLinguistics (Lloyd Anderson); Mesoamerican writing links & articles
 * Jay I. Kislak Foundation, non-profit institution for pre-Columbian art and research collections; some papers online
 * University of Utah Digital Collections, facsimiles & commentary for codices Laud & Magliabecchi
 * Dumbarton Oaks, Research Library and Collection, pre-Columbian-Mesoamerican publications, a few important ones downloadable
 * SAA, Society for American Archaeology, pan-Americas but has papers/material relevant to Mesoam. Publishes notable journals:
 * Latin American Antiquity, Abstracts, backissues on JSTOR.
 * American Antiquity, Abstracts, backissues on JSTOR.
 * The SAA Archaeological Record, PDFs. More 'in-house', but some useful stuff.
 * SAA Bulletin, online, replaced 2001 by SAA Archaeological Record.
 * AMNH American Museum of Natural History papers, includes some rare papers on Mesoamerican topics, among others
 * Anthropological Papers, Anthropological papers of the AMNH
 * WHP, Wired Humanities Project, University of Oregon; collection of Mesoam resources and text digitisation projects (some under constr; some pwd protected, others accessible)
 * VMA Virtual Mesoamerican Archive, a portal maintained by University of Oregon's Wired Humanities Project, with extensive material, links, and search facilities specific to Mesoamerican material available online
 * HLAS Online, Handbook of Latin American Studies (online), by Library of Congress; searchable database of annotated bibliographies, journals etc
 * ArchaeoSeek Mesoamerica, listing of Mesoamerican archaeological sites (nb, WP:MESO gets a guernsey!)

European foundations, institutions, collections and universities

 * WAYEB European Association of Mayanists
 * IAI-PK, Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Preussischer Kulturbesitz; Library, catalogue & some details on Mesoamerican docs, research and collections
 * Online-Katalog der Bibliothek des Ibero-Amerikanischen Instituts Preußischer Kulturbesitz
 * Biblioteca del Instituto Ibero-Americano, catalogues & dbs; some online material; "largest Latin-American library in Europe"
 * Current-Contents, db listing TOCs of each vol for most ethnohistorical & arch. periodicals
 * Cibera, "is an interdisciplinary search facility for specialised scientists and students of culture, history, politics, economics and sociology of Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries and the Caribbean"
 * Arbeitskreis Mesoamerika, University of Vienna, Austrian academic Mesoamericanists
 * Museums and collections in the German-speaking world, links & info re Mesomerican materials in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
 * Учебно-научный Мезоамериканский центр им. Ю. В. Кнорозова, Mesoamerican studies centre "YV Knorozov", at the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH/RGGH), director Galina Ershova.
 * Месоамерика, Russian site on Americanist/Mesoamericanist research, materials, by some scholars/students; good info on Maya sites in particular
 * Меxicolore, UK-based educational resource for teachers and students of all ages on the Aztecs/Mexica; the website supports a teaching team that have run over 2,000 school workshops on the Aztecs in schools and museums in England since 1980

Spanish foundations, institutions, collections and universities

 * Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, online repository of historical etc works relating to Spanish-speaking cultures
 * Biblioteca Americana, Americas historical source docs online/catalogue
 * Biblioteca Historia, general historical source docs online/catalogue
 * Crónicas de América, at arteHistoria by the Junta de Castile y León. Texts of original conquistador sources, biographies of authors and participants, images (many presumably PD), maps, and links.
 * SOMNI, digital facsimiles collection of historical works held at Universitat de València

Mexican foundations, institutions, collections and universities

 * INAH Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico. Main govt organisation overseeing cultural patrimony and research. A number of recent papers
 * Dimensión Antropológica, quarterly online journal by INAH, contains many full papers on Mesoam. anthropology, history & linguistics
 * INALI, Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas, national institute for indigenous peoples, languages, stats, laws
 * Catálogo de las lenguas indígenas nacionales, 2007 official catalogue defining indigenous langs, their distribution, etc
 * INAFED, Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, national institute for municipal govts, stats, laws, info
 * Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, online (2005) edition of the EMM by INALI, stats & history info for all municipios
 * INEGI, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, National statistics & geography institute
 * Mapa digital de México, INEGI's searchable configurable digital map
 * UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México main site
 * UNAM library catalogue, historical documents holdings
 * UNAM colleciones mexicanas, materials relating to Mexican history
 * UNAM Latindex, Latin American studies links and journals
 * UNAM e-journals, includes a few online ones that are relevant to Mesoamerican studies
 * UNAM H-Mexico, History of Mexico online resources
 * UNAM-IIE, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, art history research institute (incl. Pre-columbian)
 * UNAM-IIE Imágenes, Revista electrónica of the IIE, has some precolumbian & colonial articles
 * UNAM-IIE La pintura mural prehispánica de México, IIE Bulletin and project on precolumbian murals, all articles online, + other info
 * UNAM-IIE Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, biannual journal, has some full text articles (incl. precolumbian/colonial)
 * UADY, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán main site
 * UADY Yucatan identidad y cultura Maya, Yucatan and Maya historical and anthropological studies
 * Biblioteca Virtual de Yucatán, gobierno del estado de Yucatan; literature, history, maya language works

Guatemalan foundations, institutions, collections and universities

 * Asociación Tikal, many online full PDFs of just about all papers at the annual Simposios de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala (SIAG)
 * ALMG Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala. Authority on Mayan languages, its orthography is used by many Mayanist sources.
 * OKMA, La Asociación Oxlajuuj Keej Maya’ Ajtz’iib’, Guatemalan organisation for investigation and documentation of Mayan langs.
 * 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")
 * MUNAE Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología de Guatemala, has imgs and occasional info on exhibits

Honduran foundations, institutions, collections and universities

 * IHAH, Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia, Honduras. Main govt organisation overseeing cultural patrimony and research.

Salvadoran foundations, institutions, collections and universities

 * Congreso Centroamericano de Arqueología en El Salvador, papers from central american archaeological conferences in El Salvador

Colombian foundations, institutions, collections and universities

 * Arqueología en Latinoamérica: historias, formación académica y perspectivas temáticas: Memorias del Primer Seminario Internacional de Arqueología Uniandes, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota.

Mesoamerican lectures and presentations

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

General external resources
General external/online resources and tools that may assist in sourcing and refining Mesoamerican materials and article writing.
 * WorldCat, massive database of the world's library catalogues, use to find publications, publication data, ISBNs; ideally each reference used in wiki articles ought to have an OCLC number from this db appended
 * WorldCat Identities, new interface into Library holdings. Enter "Lastname, Firstname", and get back list of their works and works about them. Some other neat features. The list of works generated can be linked to in an article by putting the template worldcat id in ext links, just supply the author's unique code to the template from the url (eg lccn-n84-224562). Under the "useful links" section on the generated page, there's usually a link to the LoC authority file info, which often contains the author's dob info and alternative names (info sometimes not accessible elsewhere).
 * VIAF, Virtual International Authorities File, excellent new tool compiling data & crossreferencing from major libraries
 * Library of Congress Online catalog, find publ. details of just about any work
 * HLAS online, the LoC's "Handbook of Latin American Studies", annotated bibliographies of publications in the field. Searchable database.
 * Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB), 'world's largest' db for periodicals publishing info and serials titles, at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
 * JournalSeek, find details and links to journals, periodicals etc, incl. ISSNs
 * "Eastview" Russian periodicals catalogue
 * MetaBase - bibliografia en red, bibliographical database for Central American publications
 * DOAJ, Directory of Open Access journals, a few of which cover Mesoamerican publs.
 * RAE, Real Academia española, including online Diccionario de la lengua española and other linguistic & bibliographical databases
 * SciELO, Latin American academic journals database
 * Intute, free online service and edited links directory by UK Universities, contains a number of links to journals and websites incl. Mesoamerica ones
 * GALLICA, National Library of France's online catalogue, with many full docs, some older Meso works may be found here
 * PERSEE, full facsimiles of many French journals in anthropology etc, incl Journal de la Société des Américanistes, L'homme, and others with mesoamerica-related materials
 * REVUES.ORG, Fédération de revues scientifiques en sciences humaines et sociales; searchable indexed collection of many open-source articles & journals, incl. on Mesoamerican topics
 * UC Berkeley library catalogue
 * National Academies Press, online biographies of NAS members, incl some Mesoam anthropologists; some other relevant online publs to be found
 * U Penn online books, searchable with links to a few Mesoamerica works
 * Smithsonian Institution Archives
 * Smithsonian Institution search engine
 * World Digital Library, UNESCO-sponsored site with some digital reproductions incl Mesoamerican docs & artefacts (note includes one fake Maya MS., "How the Indians Did Their Paintings")
 * Oxford DNB, Dictionary of National Biography UK
 * The Writing Center, Yale University, Using Sources. One of the better citation/referencing guidelines around