Ancient, Prehistoric & Early
People of North America
Note:If
you can't find what you want here - check the World
page!
Also
try this Alexa search for Ancient+History+North+America
And
this Alexa search for Paleo-Indian
 The
countries and regions of North
America - from the About.com guide on Geography
Information
about North
America - from Infoplease.com encyclopedia
American
Memory from the Library of Congress
American Memory is a gateway
to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of
the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from
more than 100 historical collections. See wonderful old photographs,
watch old movie clips, listen to speeches and sounds of the past. Almost
anything you can think of to search on can be found here. One search that
Ancient Man made that produced great results is "Anasazi". Try it yourself.
Also, suggest you search on the name of a State. We searched "Michigan"
and found this: Manuscript map, probably made by a French voyageur, of
Indian lands of eastern Wisconsin, when part of Michigan Territory, annotated
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, ca. 1831. The American Memory site also contains
Internet
Resources which is a directory of online reference sources for U.S.
history and social studies.
"American Memory is
the finest website in the world." ~Ancient Man
Index
of Native American Resources on the Internet which includes links to
Oral
& Written History Resources, Native American Art, Native
American Genealogy Resources, Native
American Archaeology & Anthropology Resources and much more. |
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FAMSI
(Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc.)
- The Foundation aims to assist and promote qualified scholars who might
otherwise be unable to undertake or complete their programs of research
and synthesis. Projects in the following disciplines are urged to apply:
anthropology, archaeology, art history, epigraphy, ethnography, ethnohistory,
linguistics, and related fields. The Foundation involves three departments:
The Granting Facility, The Research Facility, The Conference Facility.
~Ancient
Man found this unique online resource for Mayanists via an article
in the March/April 2001 issue of Archaeology magazine. What really
sparked our interest here is The Maya Vase Database (see Note below)
and The PreColumbian Portfolio in the Research
Facility. Under Links, we found 40 links to some of the very
best Precolumbian sites on the web. If you are a Mayanist or have
an interest in Mesoamerica, then we urge you to stop whatever you are doing
and go to this site now so it will be fixed in your memory. Bookmark
the FAMSI site or remember the link we have installed here. This
is one you will never want to forget.
Note: The Maya
Vase Database is a photographic archive created by Justin Kerr, who devised
a method of peripheral photography to create rollout photographs of circular
vessels. The vase being photographed sits on a turntable and revolves in
front of the camera through which the film moves at the same speed as the
surface of the vase. Kerr has recorded the magnificent artistry, the historical
information, and the iconographic intricacies of thousands of Maya vases,
which are now accessible on the FAMSI website. Justin Kerr provides his
copyrighted photographs at no cost for study purposes. Contact the Foundation
for information concerning fees for commercial use and publication rights.
Native
Americans - peoples who are indigenous to the Americas.
They also have been known as American Indians. The name Indian was first
applied to them by Christopher Columbus, who believed mistakenly that the
mainland and islands of America were part of the Indies, in Asia.
Nine pages of great information about Native Americans.
"Native Americans," Microsoft®
Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000
Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Arawak
- a once-predominant group of Native Americans originally inhabiting an
area that stretched from present-day Florida down through the islands
of the West Indies and the coastal area of South America as far as southern
Brazil. ENCARTA'S BEST MATCH, ENCARTA SEARCH RESULTS and MSN SEARCH
RESULTS for the search term "Arawak". The
first Native Americans Columbus encountered were the Arawak-speaking Taíno
people of the islands of the Caribbean.
"Arawak," Microsoft®
Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000
Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Carib
- tribe of Native Americans of the Cariban linguistic stock, occupying
various regions of South and Central America. The Caribbean Sea
is named after them. The Carib, who probably originated in the valley of
the Orinoco River, were noted for their ferocity. ENCARTA'S BEST
MATCH, ENCARTA SEARCH RESULTS and MSN SEARCH RESULTS for the search term
"Carib".
"Carib," Microsoft®
Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000
Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
World
History Archives (The Americas) - Pro bono web pages from
Hartford
Web Publishing. The World History Archives are collections of
documents for teaching and learning about world history from a working
class perspective. The presence of documents here does not imply an endorsement
of their content nor a warrant of their authenticity.
Links
to the Past: National Park Service Cutural Resources - Explore America's
Past, Use Tools for Learning, Find Grants & Assistance, and See What's
New. The US National Park Service provides illustrated guidelines
for rehabilitating historic properties, preservation briefs, information
on tax incentives and a catalog of its publications. The National
Park Service is a great place to find TIMELINES
of events and people of America. Many other searches can be made, for example:
Archaic
or Anasazi.
For more than one word or a phrase you may want to try the advanced search,
for example: Rock
Art.
FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT A CAREER IN ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE U.S.
SAAweb
- Society for American Archaeology - What is archaeology? Careers,
opportunities and jobs in archaeology. Information about education
in archaeology. Information for educators and archaeologists regarding
the teaching of archaeology. To gain a better understanding of archaeology
and its diversity read the Internet-based booklet Archaeology
& You. This booklet will provide a good introduction to the
field of archaeology. Links within the booklet will also allow individuals
to explore other themes and topics throughout the discipline.
Rock
Art of the Prehistoric Cultures of Utah - a book summary by Ancient
Man about the book: Petroglyphs and Pictographs of Utah - Volume One: The
East and Northeast by Kenneth B. Castleton, M.D.
The
Vandalism and Destruction of Rock Art - an article written by Ancient
Man
The
Pilling Figurines - The priceless Pilling Figurines are unfired clay
anthropomorphic figures of a prehistoric culture that occupied the area
around Price, Utah over 800 years ago. They were found in a shallow
cave in the early 1950's by local rancher Clarence Pilling. The figurines
were featured in a 1980 National Geographic magazine article. These
figurines are considered in Archeological literature to excel in
beauty and technical construction above any other like find of comparative
age in the American Southwest. See the Scenic
Photo Gallery at this site for some great photos and information which
include, among other things, petroglyphs, pictographs and the San Rafael
Swell.
WebWeaver's
North American Archaeology Links - links to archeological societies,
associations, museums and websites in each state of the United States and
a link to Canadian sites.
Archaeology
of the North American Great Plains - created by Larry J. Zimmerman
and Shesh Mathur. Here you can find primary archaeological site materials
by state or province. The following states and provinces are represented:
Alberta (Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump), Colorado (Crow Canyon and Mesa
Verde), Iowa (Oneota), Kansas, Manitoba, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana (Little
Bighorn Battlefield), Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Saskatchewan, South
Dakota (Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village, the Ray Long site, the Blood
Run site), Texas (Caddoan Mounds), Wisconsin (Oneota) and Wyoming (Vore
Buffalo Jump).
Anasazi
Heritage Center Home Page - Bureau of Land Management, Colorado.
Who were the Anasazi? Find out at this site. This site contains:
Permanent & Special Exibits, Archaeological Sites, Artifact Gallery,
and Resources for Teachers.
The
Enigma of Aztec Sacrifice - an article by Michael Harner.
The
Latin America Studies Program - by Antonio de la Cova, Assistant Professor
of Latin American Studies at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Department
of Humanities and Social Sciences. There is some very good information
on Ancient Latin America Civilizations here. This is a very
large site and you can easily lose your place. We suggest that you
open the site links in a "new" browser. Antonio de la Cova has created
one of the best sites on the web for Latin America Studies. ~"Latin
America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking
countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America,
and the West Indies."
Mesoamerican
Photo Archives - owned and maintained by David R. Hixson, a graduate
student in Tulane University's Department of Anthropology. The purpose
of this web site is to educate and stimulate the public with both accurate
information and beautiful photographs of Mesoamerican archaeology. Within
these photo galleries, you will find full-color photographs of archaeological
sites and museums from all over Mexico, complete with detailed captions.
MesoAmerica-
(Aztec, Maya, Olmecs) This is a links page with a short explanation of
most of the links. Links to history and culture on Mexico, Panama,
Aztec, Mayan, and other ancient civilizations plus colonial history, revolutions
and people. Wonderful site!
Manitoba
Culture History Overview - from the Manitoba
Heritage Network. The Manitoba Heritage Network has been established
as a project of the Manitoba Archaeological Society to provide Internet
based information and services related to Manitoba's rich cultural heritage.
The Manitoba Culture History Overview site contains: Cultural &
Natural Areas, Manitoba Sites, Cronological Periods ( Overview, Palaeo,
Archaic, Arctic Small Tools, Taltheilei, Woodland, Dorset, Post Contact
), a terrific Glossary
of Manitoba Prehistoric Archaeology, and an extensive Bibliography.
Manitoba is a province in south central Canada, capital Winnipeg, area
211,468 square miles (547,703 square kilometers), population 1,091,942.
Native
Americans - covers many tribes and eras. Don't miss the links
to First Nations Histories on this page.
NOVA
Online | Mystery of the the First Americans - controversy over the
Kennewick Man, a well-preserved, 9,000-year-old human skeleton found in
Washington State in 1996.
MESOAMERICA
WEB RING PAGE - by James Q. Jacobs - Chichen Itza, Teotihuacan, and
Uxmal photo galleries. MesoAmerican Artifacts I & II. Another
of James Q. Jacobs' great sites.
Paleo-Indian
& Other Archaeological Stuff - by Tony Baker - Tony has created
a very fine site to share his knowledge of the Paleo-Indians, the Archaic
and archaeology of the southwest.. A lot of good information here
about Paleoindian projectile points and tools.
Sipapu
- The Anasazi Emergence into the Cyber World - by John Kantner.
Everything on this Sipapu site is GREAT! Explore it all. Just
make sure that you see the timeline. Click Prehistory then click
Explore a timeline for the Anasazi. The timeline resource is still
being developed. Only the time periods from 10,000 B.C. to A.D. 1150
are currently available. This is a magnificant place to learn about
those wonderful Anasazi. Click the world globe to find out what was
going on in the rest of the world during the timeline that you have selected.
The
Archaeology of Saskatchewan Waterways - From the Saskatchewan Archaeological
Society. This site gives you human history in northern Saskatchewan,
aboriginal rock art, stories from the past and bibliographies for Saskatchewan
archaeology, prehistory and ethnology.
The
Anasazi, Olmec & Toltec - From TeacherNet. Great layout,
great links, easy navigation. All TeacherNet pages are highly
recommended by Ancient Man.
The
Aztecs - From TeacherNet.
The
Maya - From TeacherNet.
Rabbit
In The Moon: Mayan Glyphs And Architecture - This site contains
Mayan hieroglyphic writing, how to write your name in Mayan, virtual reality
Mayan buildings, Maya calendar, Mayan glyph images, Maya culture, games,
Mayan T-shirts, Translate Mayan inscritption, and Yucatec sound files.
Canadian
Museum of Civilization (CMC) - This is the entrance page. This
site contains archaeology, cultures, history, treasures, and more of Canada.
We found it much easier navigating by using the Site
Map or the Site
Index. The Museum is home to the world's largest and finest collection
of totem poles. There is much to learn about the early people of
the continent here, so plan on an extended visit. ~ Note: This is an
extensive site, so Ancient Man has provided a few of the major links along
with their minor links to 'whet' your appetite. See the next three
major links below.
CMC
- A history of the Native People of Canada by J.VV. Wright - VOLUME
I (10,000 to 1,000 B.C.) and VOLUME II (1,000 B.C. to A.D. 500).
CMCC
- Virtual Museum - Collections Storage: - for those that love to view
beautiful things. ~ Ancient Man found the links to Archaeology
and Ethnology
extremely interesting.
CMCC
- Mystery of the Maya: - Created by the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
While Europe still slumbered in the midst of the Dark Ages, these innovative
people had charted the heavens, evolved the only true writing system native
to the Americas and were masters of mathematics and calendrics. Under
the Maya
civilization link, you can find such things as the cities, society,
religion, writing, mathematics, astronomy, and that much talked about Maya
Calendar. Also, a link to A
Mayan Glossary. Under the People
of the Jaguar link, read about the Maya rulers and see some spectacular
pictures of artifacts.
EXPLORING
MAYA CAVES OF BELIZE - from ARCHAEOLOGY Online. In caves throughout
Mesoamerica, the Maya once performed rituals such as bloodletting and sacrifice
to the gods. Caves played a central role in Maya religion and mythology,
being seen as the homes of gods and the entrance to the underworld--places
alive with spiritual power. This is an INTERACTIVE DIG site.
Follow the excavations as they are being made. Read field notes and
student journals. Ask questions of the archaeologists and students
working on the project.
OLMEC
INDIANS: 1200BC- 600AD - They lived in a period called Mesoamerica.
Traces of their art style can be found from highland central Mexico to
Honduras and El Salvador during the Early and Middle Formative/Preclassic
periods.
Ancient
Mesoamerican Civilizations - by Kevin L. Callahan, University of Minnesota
Department of Anthropology. The primary groups addressed are the
Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec. Topics include: writing systems,
governments, religions and the Mayan Calendar.
1492:
AN ONGOING VOYAGE - an Exhibit of the Library of Congress, Washington,
DC. ( 1492. Columbus. The date and the name provoke many questions
related to the linking of very different parts of the world, the Western
Hemisphere and the Mediterranean. What was life like in those areas before
1492? What spurred European expansion? How did European, African
and American peoples react to each other? What were some of the immediate
results of these contacts? ) ( 1492: AN ONGOING VOYAGE addresses
such questions by examining the rich mixture of societies coexisting in
five areas of this hemisphere before European arrival. It then surveys
the polyglot Mediterranean world at a dynamic turning point in its development.)
You can take this voyage a page at a time or at any time abandon ship
and use the Outline.
The
Archaeology of Costa Rica - from 12,000 B.C. to 1550 A.D. - by Michael
J. Snarskis. In spite of its small size, Costa Rica can be divided
into three general zones whose cultures produced artifacts of distinctly
different styles, especially after c. 500 A.D. Natural boundaries, like
the Cordillera Central and the Talamanca mountain range, with the contrasting
climatic regimes that they create, were of considerable importance in the
development of this cultural diversity.
Articles
on Costa Rica History - by InfoCostaRica.com.
Also see: Search
Results for precolumbian
James
Q. Jacobs' Homepage - Archaeogeodesy, Rock Art, Ancient Astronomy,
Archaeology, Art and Pottery.....other things as well. Great site.
What is Archaeogeodesy, you ask? Visit the site to find out.
NATIVE
AMERICAN NATIONS - Maintained by Lisa Mitten. This site contains
information on individual Native Nations. Included are both recognized
and unrecognized tribes. Lisa includes a link to a list of federally-recognized
tribes and links to their web pages if available. |
