ANTHROPOLOGY

Edge of Enchantment: Sovereignty & Ceremony in Huatulco, Mexico the importance of encantos, or enchanted places; requires Flash
Mestizaje and Indigenous Identities overview of indigenous groups and history

ARCHAEOLOGY

Monte Alban
Monte Alban and Mitla
Sanctuary of Mitla
The Grecas of Mitla
Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations includes Zapotec and Mixtec
One Day in Oaxaca=Two Thousand Years, pt. 1
One Day in Oaxaca=Two Thousand Years, pt. 2
Ancient Mexico art, culture, and history in ancient MesoAmerica
The Mixtecs Mexico Channel
The Sacred and the Profane two faces of Meso-American art
Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas vol. II: MesoAmerica
Extract from Social Patterns In Pre-Classical Mesoamerica
Timeline: Mexico, 500-1000 AD
Instituto Nacional de Antropologia Historia: Yagul
Yagul info and map
Yagul info and photos

DAY OF THE DEAD page of links
Day of the Dead in Oaxaca informative article
Day of Dead - Ofrendas article
Dia de Muertos: The Dead Come to Life in Mexican Folk Art article by Mary Mendoza

DAILY LIFE / TRADITIONS

Day of the Dead article by Maria Diaz
Day of the Dead photos
Day of the Dead in Mexico article about
Linguistic Map of Oaxaca
A Zapotec Funeral Curt Rosengren, a photographer gives us his account of a funeral procession in Teotilan del Valle and lessons learned
Virgen de Guadalupe article by Barbara Lyons discusses the festivities of the La Virgen de Guadalupe in the city of Oaxaca
Vistas de Oaxaca article by Maria Diaz is about the Christmas and other religious festivities in the city of Oaxaca

FINE ARTS

FOOD AND DRINK

Mezcal de Oaxaca
Oaxaca, Where the Cooking's Hot and Cool

HISTORY

Timeline: PreColumbian Mexico
Timeline: Mexico, 500-1000 AD
Mexico's Lincoln: Benito Juarez
Benito Juarez on La Reforma
Benito Juarez and Cinco de Mayo
Ricardo Magon with his brother Jesús, he founded "Regeneración', a radical paper opposed to the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz

INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS

A Day in Oaxaca good introductions to the points of interest
Pictures of Oaxaca

MAPS

Map of Mexico
Map of the state of Oaxaca
Map: Oaxaca from Chiapas
Linguistic Map of Oaxaca
City Map of Oaxaca
Oaxaca: The Southern Indigenous State

MIXTEC CULTURE

Mixtec Writing

NEWSPAPERS / PUBLICATIONS

Oaxaca Times

POLITICS

2008 Goldman Prize Winner Jesus Leon Santos on Bringing Desert Lands Back to Life Kudos to Jose Leon Santos for making a desert into a fertile agricultural region in Oaxaca using ancient indigenous techniques
Teachers' Strike 2006 by Melanie Lizcano, PAC student
Teachers' Strike 2006 by Camille Hernandez, PAC student
Crisis and Creation In Oaxaca article by George Colman
CIPO indigenous activist group in Oaxaca (in Spanish)
Oaxaca Waits and Watches
Street Battles in Oaxaca
Guerilla band wages war in Mexico

POTTERY

Manos de Oaxaca (Hands of Oaxaca). Created by Eric Mindling, a former student of Humboldt University in California, this site provides information on the pottery of the region. Presented from an intimate, personal perspective
"Potter's Impressions of Oaxaca" article by Paula Sibrack Marian with good pictures
Find Out How Oaxacan Black Clay Pottery Is Made by following the photos
Clay Figures by Aguilar sisters of Ocotlan, Oaxaca

TOURISM

Oaxaca in the Heart of Mexico a good introduction to the Oaxaca region and its capital. Students can learn about major cultural attactions, food, geography, handicrafts of the region and much more
Oaxaca Live Has some interesting articles about the Day of the Dead celebrations, pre-hispanic culture, colonial history and modern history as well as the geography of the region
Oaxaca Tourist Guide
The Oaxaca Valley: A Week's Worth of Adventures Packed Into a Single Day..." article is by Tony Burton about traveling through the Oaxaca Valley
Monte Alban the museum
Curt Rosengren's Oaxaca Pages a wealth of info on archeological sites, weavers, etc.
World Class Museum Opens in Oaxaca

Celerina's Rugs discusses the process of making them, the meaning of the symbols used in them and photos of rugs. The site even has images of Monte Alban and Mitla and background information on both
Folk Art of Oaxaca This is a commercial, but informative site. There are good photos and information about process. Art genres include pottery, animal woodcarvings and weaving
Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches A Study of Santos in 16th Century Oaxaca Churches
Oaxacan Woodcarving (alebrijes)
Goddesses Fly Again: Butterfly Images in Mexican Myth and Textiles Some discussion about Oaxacan rugs in Teotitlan del Valle
Masks from MesoAmerica
Textiles article
Zapotec Textiles scholarly article
Textiles and Rugs
Rodolfo Morales Art of Oaxaca
Obituary of Morales
Rodolfo Morales, 1925-2001
Rodolfo Morales in Austin Chronicle
Origin of Oaxacan Woodcarvings and Pedro Linares
Oaxacan Rugs

ZAPOTEC CULTURE

Zapotec.org
Map of Time/Distance Travel
Utilization of Medicinal Plant Species in the Zapotec Community a Master's thesis
Zapotec Writing

VIOLENCE IN OAXACA

Oaxaca 2006 Trip Blog violence forces Dr. Richter and students to leave early
"We are like hostages"