A thorough look at the history and culture of the Kickapoo Indians from Pre-Columbian times to 1900.

PDF report on Ndaxagua Natural Tunnel in Oaxaca, Mexico. Included are photographs and drawings (some calendar) of cave markings thought to be Chocho, Popoloca, and Mixtec cultures.

History for Kids reference page provides an overview of Native American art which is representative of unique and diverse tribes throughout the Americas prior to Columbus.

Learn about the clay urns found in a tomb built by the Zapotec people of Mexico.

A profile of this ancient, mesoamerican city-state that thrived from 50 CE to 900 CE.

This survey of the ancient city of Teotihuacan provides and accessible introduction to this Mesoamerican archeological site known for the third-largest pyramid in the world.

With the help of computer technology you can virtually explore this wooden box artifact from all sides. Also see a gallery of other Mayan art.

This site from ibiblio.org includes a picture and short description of the Mexican calendar, a picture and description of the professions of the Tarascan peoples, and a map and description of the ownership rights of land after the...

Wikipedia looks the history of Costa Rica in this general overview.

This personal site provides a description of the Maya and their astronomy.

Text and photographs focus on various figures and geometric shapes: Nazca Candleabra, Nazca Whale, Nazca Rose, and Nazca Hummingbird. Includes a chart of all Nazca designs.

Discusses features of the religious practices of the Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec civilizations.

Discusses characteristics of the governments of the Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec civilizations.

Take a tour with Sir Dig-a-Lot as he explains some of the history of the Inca Empire.

This short article will trace the outlines of AMNH-sponsored research in Mexico prior to 1945. It discuss some theoretical and practical implications of anthropological research as well as how its results were presented to the public in...

This site provides information about the Harald Wagner collection of Teotihuacan murals, the largest and most important outside of Mexico. The mural fragments from the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan are remarkable for their quality...

Discussion of the farming styles of various Mesoamerican Indians, at the bottom of the page is a discussion of the Incan terrace farming system.

A facsimile of a sketch map by Adolph Bandelier (1885) of the pre-Columbian archeological site at Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico (sometimes Miquitlan, Mictlan). The map is keyed to show (A) the ruins on the highest ground, with a church and...

A facsimile of a map from the works of Carl Christian Rafn (1837) showing Iceland, Greenland, and the eastern portion of North America. The map shows the probable areas of pre-Columbian migration and exploration of the Norse from Iceland...

The archaeological site of Chavin gave its name to the culture that developed between 1500 and 300 B.C. in this high valley of the Peruvian Andes. This former place of worship is one of the earliest and best-known pre-Columbian sites....

Cahokia Mounds, some 13 km north-east of St Louis, Missouri, is the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. It was occupied primarily during the Mississippian period (800-1400), when it covered nearly 1,600 ha and included some...

Well-preserved cliff dwellings built and used by the Pre-Columbian Sinagua people around 1400 AD.

Primeval tomb in Acora, a district of Peru.

Section of a mummy-case from Ancon.