Pre-Columbian Civilizations

Culturas Precolombinas

BOOKS:

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A few website suggestions:

Miscellaneous groups:

• Pueblos Indigenas de Latino America - Assumption College
• Latin American Network Information Center: Indigenous Peoples
• List_of_pre-Columbian_civilizations (from absoluteastronomy.com)
• Mitos Latinoamerica (Blog)
• Everyone should search here! -- Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombina
• "Amerindia"  (How reliable do you think this site is?  Make sure to double-check your information somewhere else.)

 Specific Cultures:

• Toltecas:  Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombina
• Zapotecas:  Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombina
• Cuna, Garifuna, Maya, Aztec Minnesota State University
• Maya:  Mayan art, Mayan languages, http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/MAYAS.HTM
• Aztec:  http://clio.rediris.es/fichas/otras_aztecas.htm
• Garifuna:  http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/mesoamerica/garifuna.htm
• Los Kuna: EthnoAtlas, Monografias.com, Panamahistoria.tripod.com
• Los Peripechuas o Tarascos: Universidad Michoacana, HoustonCulture.org
• Los Tainos: http://www.topuertorico.org/reference/taino.shtml
• Incas:  http://www.nvcc.edu/home/amalitzkego/alex-solorzano/ancient_vacations/incas/incas.htm

Good YouTube video to watch at home: Las culturas precolombinas