19 Primary Sources: Ancient Americas
Primary Sources
[Note: Many of these are from later than 500 C.E.]
Mesoamerica
A Royal Couple from Yaxchilan: Stone Carving of Shield Jaguar and Lady Xok, 724 C.E. [site may include ads]
Popul Vuh: Creation account of the Quiché Mayan People [full text, post-European-contact version]
Sport as Recreation and Ritual: Vase Painting of a Ball Game, Seventh or Eighth Century[may include ads]
Mayan Prisoners of War and Their Captors: Mural Depicting the Presentation of Captives, 792 C.E.
Gods of Life and Death from the Codex Borgia, c. 1500 [described and analyzed]
Gender Roles among the Nahua in the Codex Mendoza [See Annotation for summary and analysis]
The Andes
Tiwanaku (site description)[Click on Gallery tab for art and architecture]
Ancient Andean art in context: An origin story (“The Legend of Ñaymlap”)
North America
Two Native North American creation stories [Salinian and Cherokee, recorded in 20th Century]
John Norton, Iroquois Creation Story, recorded in 1816 :
Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks [eight archaeological sites, architecture and artifacts]
Oceania
Polynesian oral tradition, The Voyage of Ru
