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De Young Museum: Art of Mesoamerica (I Notice . . . I Wonder . . . )

For Students 9th - 10th
Using a green stone mask from the Olmec culture and a wall painting from Teotihuacan, both of prehispanic Mexico, as a point of departure, this pdf article presents examples for the historical analysis of art.
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Mesoweb: An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures and Art is a database of many resources, publications, books, and articles. Click Search and enter the topic. Click Resources for archaeological sites and monuments such as Chichen Itza and Cacaxtla.
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Mesoweb: Mesoamerican Art and Sculpture

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains over 100 images of Mesoamerican art categorized by culture. Includes brief explanations of each item.
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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Maya

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of the ancient Maya of central America and the Yucatan penincula in this overview and image gallery with individual artwork descriptions.
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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Aztecs

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a description and image gallery with piece descriptions for the art of the prehispanic mesoamerican civilization of the Aztecs.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Aztec Stone Sculpture

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on Aztec stone sculpture. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
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Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Maya Adventure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This museum site brings you lessons having to do with Mayan culture.
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Princeton University

Princeton University Art Museum: Sorcerers of the Fifth Heaven

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Princeton University Art Museum, this page looka at the a large postclassic Nahua ceramic effigy censer preserved in the museum collections. "Sorcerers of the Fifth Heaven" examines this effigy censer from all angles of it's...
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Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies

Famsi: Mesoamerican Studies

For Students 9th - 10th
The Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies Site contains the work of a few archeologists and an extensive bibliography page.
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Architectonic Research: Meso American Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a brief outline of the Meso-american time periods. The major architectural sites are shown from the time periods.
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Maya Ruins

For Students 9th - 10th
Based on a location map, this site gives you information and images of Mayan archaeological sites. There is also a time line of architectural styles that links to the sites of each style.
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La Sala De Teotihuacan

For Students 9th - 10th
Clickable pictures from this Mesoamerican art gallery at Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology.
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Curated OER

An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures and Art. This is a links site and contains a variety of topics.
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Curated OER

An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures and Art. This is a links site and contains a variety of topics.
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Curated OER

An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures and Art. This is a links site and contains a variety of topics.