The Mayans
A Web Directory of Resources for the
Mayan People of Mexico and Central America, Past and Present
- Maya Adventure
- This is a site presented by the Science Museum of Minnesota, featuring images from their
anthropological collections and from two of their exhibits about the Maya. The site is
designed as an interactive "adventure", where you travel from one Mayan site to
another, viewing images of archaeological digs, writing in your virtual logbook, even
trying out some scientific experiments.
- Maya Art and Books
- Sponsored by The Foundation for Latin American Anthropological Research, this site
provides access to scholarly information about the Maya culture as it existed 1,000 years
ago in Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, and Honduras. One of the goals of the site is to make it
a "visual experience" for the reader; this is accomplished by many images of
archaeological digs and artifacts. Links to information about digital information
technology for scholarly projects are also provided.
- The Maya Astronomy Page
- This site has good introductions to some of the most interesting aspects of the Mayan
civilization including their mathematics and numbering systems, writing system and
calendar, as well their astrology. Astrological observations by the Mayans of Venus, the
sun, the moon and the Milky Way are explained, along with how Mayan politics and cosmology
fit together.
- Mayan Calendar Home Page
- This site contains a detailed explanation of the Mayan calendar, along with a version of
the calendar called "Dreamspell". It has a query page where you can submit your
date of birth, and get translations into both of these calendars.
- Mayan
Culture
- This site is the University of Guadalajara’s introduction to the Mayan world. It
starts out with a quote from the Popol-Vuh, one of the few surviving Mayan texts, and then
is divided into sections on Mayan culture, architecture, sculpture and painting, and
social organization.
- Ecotourism in the Mayan World
- One, five, seven, and fifteen day ecotours in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico which are
offered by the company Ecocolors are described on this site. Many of these tours
combine wildlife observation in this rainforest region with study of Mayan culture. A form
to make tour reservations is included.
- El Mundo Maya - The Maya World
- This site provides basic introductions to different parts of the Mayan world, and
extensive information for people who are considering travelling there. It is divided in
two ways, geographically, into sites in Mexico and Central America, and by areas of
interest such as indigenous communities, archeology, expeditions, and tour and vacation
package availability.
- Hach Winik Home Page - A Web site
for the Lacandon Maya communities
- This site is dedicated to a modern day Mayan people, the Lacandon. It has sections
describing this indigenous community, their origins, their agriculture and religion, and
their struggle to survive in the disappearing rainforest. It describes several projects
designed to help the Lacandon. It contains a bibliography of resources for further study
of these and other Mayan people.
- Information on the Ancient
Maya Civilization
- This site is in the form of a long and detailed essay which can be read from start to
finish or negotiated through a table of contents. It has sections on every imaginable
aspect of Mayan civilization, from archeology to cuisine to the modern day Mayan people.
It also contains a section with tips for travel to the Maya world.
- Rabbit in the Moon
- The main focus of this site is study of the Mayan architecture and language, both
written and spoken. The extent of information on language is impressive, including
illustrations of various verbs, aristocratic titles, and other words in hieroglyphic form,
sound files for each syllable in the language, and links to meetings and classes and books
for further study. You can also order a T-shirt with your birth date in Mayan from this
site.
This Web Directory was created by Maribeth Manoff
mmanoff@neumedia.net