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Central america

1. Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations
2. Collector's Vision of Puerto Rico
3. Living Languages of the Americas
4. Maps of the Americas
5. MesoWeb
6. OTS Online: Organization for Tropical Studies
7. R-HydroNET

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Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations

Set of documents discussing the writing systems, governments and religions of the Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec peoples. Also includes an example of the Mayan calendar and a list of related links.
     Author: Callahan, Kevin L.
     Subjects: american archaeology, central america, mexico
     DeweyClass: 972.01
     Resource type: documents

Collector's Vision of Puerto Rico

Online exhibition detailing the history, culture, religion and tourism of Puerto Rico. Online exhibits can be browsed with an index or thumbnail catalogue, or searched.
     Author: National Museum of American History
     Subjects: central america
     DeweyClass: 972.95
     Resource type: documents, images

Living Languages of the Americas

Tables detailing the languages spoken in the countries of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. Estimates of population currently speaking each language are included.
     Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
     Subjects: american indians, caribbean, central america, language distribution, south america
     DeweyClass: 497
     Resource type: reference documents

Maps of the Americas

Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering Canada, all the countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
     Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
     Subjects: antigua and barbuda, argentina, bahamas, barbados, belize, bermuda, bolivia, brazil, canada, canadian geography, caribbean, central america, chile, colombia, costa rica, cuba, dominica, dominican republic, ecuador, el salvador, grenada, guatemala, guyana, haiti, honduras, jamaica, mexico, nicaragua, panama, paraguay, peru, saint kitts nevis, saint lucia, saint vincent, south america, suriname, trinidad and tobago, uruguay, venezuela, world maps
     DeweyClass: 912.7
     Resource type: map collection

MesoWeb

Mesoweb is devoted to ancient Mesoamerica and its cultures: the Olmecs, Maya, Aztecs, Toltecs, Mixtecs, Zapotecs and others (the word Mayan is used for the language and Maya for the people and their culture). Includes an archive of Maya imagery, an Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mesoamerica, recent archaeological news, and an animation interface.
     Author: Cultures.com
     Subjects: american archaeology, central america, mexico
     DeweyClass: 972.01
     Resource type: image collection, reference documents

OTS Online: Organization for Tropical Studies

A not-for-profit consortium of universities and research institutions in the United States and Latin America dedicated to providing leadership in education, research, and the wise use of natural resources in the tropics.
     Author: Organization for Tropical Studies
     Subjects: central america, costa rica, forests, tropics
     DeweyClass: 577
     Resource type: institution

R-HydroNET

A regional, electronic hydrometeorological data network for South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Regional political maps, monthly, time series and climatological hydrometeorological data sets, and monthly temperature and precipitation data sets are freely available. Presented in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
     Author: University of New Hampshire
     Subjects: caribbean, central america, hydrology, south america
     DeweyClass: 551.48
     Resource type: reference data