Mexico Culture History and Archaeology
Most Important Sites of Yucatan and the Northern Maya Lowlands
Travel suggestions for the most important Maya sites in the Yucatan peninsula. Refer to this list to discover which Maya sites to visit when traveling in the Yucatan peninsula
Jorge R. Acosta
Mexican archaeologist Jorge R. Acosta excavated at most of the greatest sites in Mexico
Aerial Archaeology: Casas Grandes/Cerros de Trincheras
An aerial reconnaissance and photography trip taken in 1995 garnered some great photos of sites in the Casas Grandes area of northern Mexico.
Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America
This is a great encyclopedia on the archaeology of Mexico and the rest of Latin America that no fan of the field should be without. Susan Toby Evans and David L. Webster. 2000. Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing, New York.
Archaeology of Puerto Vallarta
From Joseph Mountjoy and University of North Carolina at Greesboro, information on several sites in Jalisco, Mexico, near the community of Puerto Vallarta. Spanish.
Arqueología del Municipio de Puerto Vallarta
Maps and results of an intensive archaeological survey of the state of Jalisco, from Joseph B. Mountjoy, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In Spanish
Clive Ruggles' Images of Mesoamerica
Clive Ruggles of the University of Leicester, took a substantial number of aerial and ground photographs of many of the most important sites in Mexico and Latin America, and provides them on the web for people to use.
Oaxaca Valley
The Oaxaca valley is a large y-shaped valley in Oaxaca state of central Mexico, and it was the home of the Zapotec and Mixtec civilizations.
Search for the Lost Cave People
Information on the Xoque, and a few odds and ends from Maya and later Mesoamerican cultures, from Nova.
Tehuacan Valley (Mexico)
The Tehuacan Valley in the state of Puebla, Mexico, was the focus of a large-scale survey led by American archaeologist R.S. MacNeish during the 1960s.
The Murals of Baja California
From Backdirt, the online newsletter of the Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, an article on rock art of Baja California.
Mesoamerican regions: Central Mexico
Central Mexico Archaeology- refer to this summary to learn about Mesoamerican sites in Central Mexico
Mexico for Visitors
If you're thinking of traveling to Mexico to see the archaeological sites, Mexico for Visitors from Suzanne Barbezat is a great starting place.
