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Settlement Chronology

Preclassic or Early Formative Period: 1000 BCE to 500 CE
  • Olmec
Classic Period: 500-1200 CE
  • Maya
  • Toltec
Post-Classic Period: 1200 CE - European colonization
  • Maya
  • Aztec

Research Portals, Centers & Resources


The Pre-Columbian Photograph and Fieldwork Archives at Dumbarton Oaks comprise images of objects, archaeological sites, architecture, monuments, maps, major codices, and illustrations. The holdings document places and objects from Mesoamerica, the Intermediate Area, and the Andes, and cover around 2,000 years of history.

eHRAF Archaeology (Human Relations Area Files)
Focuses on in-depth descriptive documents of archaeological traditions from around the world. 

Cultures and History of the Americas: The Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress


Manual of the Monuments of Copan
 

UM Libraries Land Acknowledgement

The University of Miami acknowledges the ancestral and traditional territories of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Council of the Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation Aboriginal Peoples and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida who are the original owners and custodians of the land upon which we stand and learn.

Palenque, Yucatan. 

Course Readings (Electronically Available)

Crist, Raymond E., and Louis A. Paganini. 1980. “The Rise and Fall of Maya Civilization.” American Journal of Economics & Sociology 39 (1): 23–30. 

Morris, A. E. J. History of Urban Form: Before the Industrial Revolutions. Longman Scientific & Technical; Wiley, 1994.

Olmec.  San Lorenzo. 

Article Indexes & Databases

E-Books

Kristan-Graham, et al. Memory Traces: Analyzing Sacred Space at Five Mesoamerican Sites. University Press of Colorado, 2015.

Schaedel, et al. Urbanization in the Americas from Its Beginnings to the Present. Mouton Publishers; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Aldine, 1978.

Journals & Serials

Print Books

Stark, Barbara L., and Philip J. Arnold. Olmec to Aztec : Settlement Patterns in the Ancient Gulf Lowlands. University of Arizona Press, 1997.

Subject Specialist

  • Gilda Santana

    Director, Architecture Research Center / Art & Art History Librarian

    gsantana@miami.edu

    305-284-5282

Book a Consultation

Researchers must submit their consultation request through this form.

Contact Information

Architecture Research Center 
1223 Dickinson Drive
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL 33146
Phone: 305.284.5282
E-mail: um.arc@miami.edu
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