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Pre-1500 Resources: Mayas

Lost King of the Maya
This is the companion website for the film that shares the same title. The website makes available video clips with a Mayan historian, information about the different cities of the Mayan world, information about hyeroglyphs, and links to some resources on the topic. The website is a little old however.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/maya/

Maya Adventure
"The Science Museum of Minnesota presents Maya Adventure, a World-Wide Web site that highlights science activities and information related to ancient and modern Maya culture."
You'll find information about a variety of topics from religion to arts and textiles.
http://www.smm.org/sln/ma/

The Maya Astronomy Page
This site gives basic information about Mayan mathematics, calendar, writing, astronomy, and geography.
http://www.michielb.nl/maya/

 

 

 

Ancient Maya political economies.
Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, c2002.
Call number: F1435.3 .E27 A53

Taube, Karl A.
Aztec and Maya myths.
Austin : University of Texas Press, c1993.
Call number: F 1219.76 .R45 T38

Miller, Mary Ellen.
Courtly art of the ancient Maya.
[San Francisco] : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2004.
Call number: F1435 .M55

Ritual arts of the New World : Pre-Columbian America.
Milano : Skira ; New York, NY : Distributed in North America and Latin America by Abbeville Pub. Group, c2000.
Call number: E 59 .A7 R58

Royal courts of the ancient Maya.
Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2001-
Call number: F 1435.3 .K55 R69

Schobinger, Juan.
The ancient Americans : a reference guide to the art, culture, and history of pre-Columbian North and South America.
Armonk, N.Y. : Sharpe Reference, c2001.
Call number: E59 .P42 S3613 (2 volumes)

Miller, Mary Ellen.
The gods and symbols of ancient Mexico and the Maya : an illustrated dictionary of Mesoamerican religion.
New York : Thames and Hudson, c1993.
Call number: F1219.3.R38 M64

The Greenwood encyclopedia of daily life : a tour through history from ancient times to the present.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
Call number: GT31 .G74

 

Britannica Online
This the online version of the famous Encyclopedia Britannica. The encyclopedia touches on virtually every possible subject. Search results are divided in 4 columns: Encyclopædia Britannica, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, The Web's Best Sites, and Additional Resources.
https://mail.lagcc.cuny.edu/viplogin/default.aspx?redirect=http://search.eb.com/

CUNY+
This is LaGuardia Library's Online Public Access Catalog. It is also used throughout CUNY. CUNY+ contains records mostly for books but also includes records for videocassettes, CDs, DVDs, government documents, journal and magazines titles, and more.
http://libsearch.cuny.edu/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b&local_base=laguardia

EBSCO -- Academic Search Complete
This is a Full-text general information database. Perfect for starting your research when you're not sure where to start. Don't forget to use the word AND to connect your words when searching.
https://mail.lagcc.cuny.edu/viplogin/default.aspx?redirect=http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?profile=ehost&defaultdb=a9h

EBSCO -- History Reference Center (Database)
The History Reference Center is a full-text database access to history reference books and encyclopedias, as well as magazines. Also, includes historical documents, biographies, photos, maps, and videos.
https://mail.lagcc.cuny.edu/viplogin/default.aspx?redirect=http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?profile=ehost&defaultdb=khh

 

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