Ancient Cultures of South America: Aztec, Inca, Maya Web Links

Links selected by Pat Gaines, 5th Grade Teacher, and J. Locke, Librarian

Aztec

Emuseum: a brief introduction including Location, History, Language, Daily Life and Best Known Features
(Minnesota State University)

Empires Past: about a page of information including Introduction, Social Structure and Government, Farming and Agriculture, Religion, The Arts, The Sciences, Trade, Economy, and Merchants, Conquest by Cortez (Thinkquest)

Aztec City Layout and Architecture
including information about types of pyramids and specific cities

Overview and Highlights of the Exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum including interesting photos with descriptions that are challenging reading


Inca

Emuseum:
a brief introduction including Location, History, Language, Daily Life and Best Known Features (Minnesota State University)

Additional information from the Emuseum includes society, farming, and conquest by the Spanish.

Maya

Maya Civilization including
Peoples, Geography and Languages
Cities of the ancient Maya, Maya Society,Cosmology and Religion,Writing and Hieroglyphics,
Mathematics, The Maya Calendar,
Astronomy, and The Maya Today (Canadian Museum of Civilization)