Books for Adults

Bernal, Ignacio. Mexico before Cortéz: Art, History, and Legend. Rev. ed. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Company, 1975.

Berrin, Kathleen, ed. The Spirit of Ancient Peru: Treasures from the Museo Arqueologica. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 1997.

Coe, Michael. America’s First Civilization: Discovering the Olmec. New York: American Heritage, 1968.

Emmerich, Andre. Sweat and the Sun and Tears of the Moon: Gold and Silver in Pre-Columbian Art. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1965.

Kubler, George. The Art and Architecture of Ancient America: The Mexican, Maya, and Andean Peoples. 2d ed. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1984.

León-Portilla, Miguel. Time and Reality in the Thought of the Maya. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990.

Pasztory, Esther. Aztec Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1983.

Scarborough, Vernon L. and David R. Wilcox. The Mesoamerican Ballgame. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1991.

Townsend, Richard F. Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998.

Books for Children

Bierhorst, John. The Hungry Woman–Myths and Legends of the Aztecs. New York: William Morrow, 1984. (148 pages, illustrations by 16th century Aztec artists)

Bierhorst, John. The Mythology of Mexico and Central America. New York: William Morrow, 1990. (240 pages)

Lattimore, Deborah Nourse. The Flame of Peace–A Tale of the Aztecs. New York: Harper and Row, 1987. (41 pages)

Morrison, Marion. Atahualpa and the Incas. New York: Bookwright Press, 1986. (59 pages, illustrations by Gerry Wood)

Traven, B. The Creation of the Sun and the Moon. New York: Hill and Wang, 1968. (65 pages, illustrations by Alberto Beltrán)

Media

Web Sites

Welcome to Maya Adventure!
Science activities and history of ancient and modern Mayan culture from the Science Museum of Minnesota

Walk Like a Maya
A site detailing the culture of the Maya, including activities and lesson plans

The Maya
Lesson plans for the fine arts, social sciences, and language arts inspired by Mayan art

Ice Mummies of the Inca: A Nova Online Adventure
Follow the details of a 1996 expedition in search of ancient sacrificial mummies in Peru. The site includes daily accounts, pictures, and e-mail correspondence from the archaeological team.

Teotihuacan Home Page
Descriptions of the ancient city of Teotihuacan with videos of major monuments, excavation reports, and a chronology. Note: Some pages are in Spanish.

Aztec Calendar
An introduction to the Aztec calendar, including the date in glyphs and an e-mail question-and-answer forum.

The Sport ofLife andDeath: The Mesoamerican Ballgame
Interactive site for educators and children designed by Interactive Knowledge,Inc., for the traveling exhibition of the same name organized by the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, with the game facts, maps, a game demo, and classroom connections.