Mexican History

Resources in this category:

Ancient Aztec, Olmec, and Mesoamerica - by History Link 101
http://www.historylink101.com/1/aztec/ancient_aztec.htm

Information on these ancient civilizations, compiled by an American world history teacher. Includes images, maps, and information on daily life and art. Useful for general interest, teachers and students.

Environmental History of Latin America
http://www.stanford.edu/group/LAEH/index.html

An extensive bibliography of resources on the environmental history of Latin America, including Central America, the Caribbean and Mesoamerica. Provided by researchers at Stanford University.

Frida by Kahlo
http://www.fbuch.com/fridaby.htm

Mexican artist and icon Frida Kahlo’s paintings were highly autobiographical, and this site integrates them into a chronology of her life. The times, culture, and people of her life are discussed in relation to her paintings. Also contains links to similar information about two other iconic figures in Kahlo’s life, Diego Rivera and Leon Trotsky.

Library of Congress Guide to the Mexican War
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/mexicanwar

Start here for some detailed information about the Mexican War: speeches from Presidents Lincoln and Polk, a copy of the treaty between Mexico and the United States, helpful maps and more. Check out the bibliography for more great Mexican War sources.

Maya Art & Books
http://www.maya-art-books.org/

The goal of this website "is to facilitate academic access to scholarly information about Maya daily life 1000 years ago in Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, and Honduras. We aspire to fulfill this challenge through utilizing the potential of extensive photographic recording of the facts and artifacts of ancient civilizations of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica."

Mesoamerican Photo Archives
http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~dhixson/

"This site contains full-color photographs of archaeological sites and museums from all over Mexico, complete with extensive captions."

Mesoweb: An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures
http://www.mesoweb.com/

Links and articles devoted to ancient Mesoamerica and its cultures: the Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacano, Zapotec, Mixtec, Toltec, Aztec and others. "We reserve the word Mayan for the language and the word Maya for the people and their culture, ancient and modern." Hosts the Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute. Also has some information about Peru, an encyclopedia of Mesoamerica, and a number of multimedia video exhibits.

Quetzalcoatl - the Man, the Myth, the Legend
http://weber.ucsd.edu/~anthclub/quetzalcoatl/quetzal.htm#hom...

A wealth of information about the Aztec and Mesoamerican deity of Quetzalcoatl. Includes the background history, chronology, and cosmology surrounding the legend of Quetzalcoatl. A list of bibliographical references is provided.

Realms of the Sacred: Early Written Records of Mesoamerica
http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/exhibits/meso/sacred.html

This site contains pictures and descriptive explanations of codices from the major ancient Mesoamerican civilizations. Analysis focuses on texts from the Maya, Aztec, and Mixtec civilizations, with additional information on architecture, culture, landscape, and learning. There is also some treatment of codices from the colonial era. This is an online library exhibit from the University of California-Irvine.

The National Security Archive Latin America Projects
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/latin_america/

This amazing site is an online repository for recently de-classified U.S. government documents. This collection contains 20th century documents pertaining to U.S. foreign policy and intervention throughout Latin America during periods of unrest, revolution, and war. The countries covered are Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Cuba and Guatemala. From the National Security Archive at George Washington University.