UVA in Mexico: Muralism, Indigeneity & Contemporary Art in Cholula

This is a guide of research and informational materials in support of UVA's study abroad program in Mexico, May-June 2025.

E-books

A focused, book-length discussion of migration in central Mexico, west Mexico and the Maya region, and its effect on the formation, development, and decline of town- and city-based societies in the ancient Mesoamerican world.

An investigation of how preconquest Mexicans used pictographic history for political and social ends, this copiously illustrated book offers the first comprehensive analysis of Mexican painted history as an intellectual, documentary, and pictorial genre. Elizabeth Hill Boone explores how Aztec and Mixtec historians conceptualized and painted their past and introduces the major pictorial records: the Aztec annals and cartographic histories and the Mixtec screenfolds and lienzos.

This historical analysis of the cultural tradition of Cholula invites us to learn about the reasons why so many Mesoamerican peoples were influenced by the style, traditions, and part of the worldview of this multicultural civilization.

Includes a description and images of the archaeological site of Cacaxtla, home to some of the most well-preserved murals of ancient México, as well as an interview with archaeologist Rosalba Delgadillo, a specialist in ceramics from Cacaxtla.

Provides an overview of the historical development of the region of Izúcar de Matamoros and its impact on technology and ceramics.

Through case studies of specific urban spaces and their meanings, the authors explore the cultural logic that structured and generated ancient Mesoamerican cities and landscapes.

This extensively illustrated book traces the evolution of the Mexican plaza from Mesoamerican sacred space to modern public gathering place.

A Mexican multi-institutional digital library publishing a wide variety of documents and images from the 12th-20th centuries.

An open platform that will allow you to access the available digital collections of the Mexican Ministry of Culture. It includes thousands of videos ranging from short films, video recordings of lectures and more.

This series of online interactive learning resources combines images, texts, and maps on the history, archaeology and geography of the Mesoamerican Postclassical and Colonial period of Central Mexico, beginning in the 14^th through to the mid-16^th century.

Chronicles Pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern Mesoamerica, defined as the lands stretching from Mexico to the southern tip of Central America. Encompassing the great civilizations of the pre-Columbian era (including the Olmec, Aztec, and Maya peoples) up through the colonial and postcolonial periods, the Encyclopedia covers art, archaeology, religious studies, anthropology, history, and historiography of the region.

Includes over 200,000 articles that span ancient to contemporary art and architecture, as well as over 19,000 images of works of art