OLMEC CIVILIZATION BIBLIOGRAPHY

California Academy of Sciences Library

WORLD WIDE WEB

Ancient Aztec, Olmec, and Mesoamerica

http://www.historylink101.com/1/aztec/ancient_aztec.htm

Put together by history teachers, this site links you to other outside sites dealing with Olmec art, architecture, and more.

Magnetometers Aid in Finding America’s Oldest Civilization

http://www.breiner.com/sheldon/olmec/

Dr. Breiner’s website on the use of the magnetometer to locate Olmec artifacts.

Olmec

http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/latinamerica/meso/cultures/olmec.html

A brief overview of the Olmec people.

The Olmec

http://www.mesoweb.com/olmec/

Research supported information on the Olmec as the “mother culture” of Mexico, links to other sites, and concise information.

Olmec Civilization

http://unix.utb.edu/~paullgj/anthropology/anth4369/Olmec.html

Defining characteristics of the Olmec civilization.

Olmec Civilization

http://www.crystalinks.com/olmec.html

Information on the Olmec, including a fairly detailed map, information on their calendar, stone heads, drain systems, and much more.

Olmec Links

http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/ecc/olmec.html

Links, links, and more links are available at this site.

Olmec on Ecyclopedia.com

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/o/olmec.asp

Brief encyclopedia entry provides basin information on the Olmec civilization.

The Olmec World – Ritual and Rulership

http://www.tribalarts.com/feature/olmec/

Page referring to, and including images of, an exhibition of Olmec art at the Princeton Art Museum in the 1990s.

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BOOKS

Ancient Mexico and Central America. New York: the Museum, c1970. Main F1219.3 .A7 A47.

Bernal, Ignacio. 3000 Years of Art and Life in Mexico: As Seen in the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City. New York: H.N. Abrams, [1968]. Pub & Main F1219 .B4713.

Boglár, Lajos. Indian Art from Mexico to Peru. Budapest: Corvina Kiadó, 1983. Main F1219.3 .A7 B65 1983.

Coe, Michael D. America’s First Civilization. New York: American Heritage ; distribution by Van Nostrand [Princeton, N.J.], c1968. Main F1219 .C75 1968.

Covarrubias, Miguel. Indian Art of Mexico and Central America. New York: Knopf, 1957. Main F1219.3 .A7 C66 1957.

Ekholm-Miller, Susanna. The Olmec Rock Carving at Xoc, Chiapas, Mexico. Provo, Utah: New World Archaeological Foundation, Brigham Young University, 1973. Main F1219.3 .A7 E4 1973.

Foster, Michael S. and Phil C. Weigand, eds. The Archaeology of West and Northwest Mesoamerica. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1985. Main F1219.7 .A72 1985.

Hedberg, John.  Wixarica (Huichol): Its History and Connection with the Emergence of the Indian City States in Mexico (Asics, "Olmec", Toltec, Aztec, Quiché/Maya) Seen Through Indian Myths, Legends, History. Stockholm, Sweden: EXIT, c1997. Main F1221 .H9 H4313 1997.

Shook, Edwin M. and Elayne Marquis. Secrets in Stone: Yokes, Hachas and Palmas from Southern Mesoamerica. Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society, 1996. Main F1434.2 .S38 S5 1996.

Weaver, Muriel Porter. The Aztecs, Maya, and their Predecessors: Archaeology of Mesoamerica. New York: Seminar Press, c1972. Main & Main REF F1219 .W43.

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All materials above with a call number beginning Biodiv, Biodiv Juv, Pub, or Pub Juv are available for loan to Academy members.

August 2002