The purpose of Bibliografia Mesoamerica is to provide comprehensive bibliographic coverage of the published literature pertaining to Mesoamerica, including archaeology, art history, ethnography, ethnohistory, linguistics, physical anthropology, and related disciplines. The geographical scope of Bibliografia Mesoamericana includes conventional coverage of Mesoamerica as a culture area. Specifically it includes most of Mexico, all of Belize and Guatemala, the western parts of El Salvador and Honduras, and the Pac ific coastal regions of Nicaragua and Costa Rica to the Nicoya peninsula. Format includes books, monographs, edited volumes, festschriften, periodical articles, essays in collected works, disserations and theses, obituries, CD-ROM products, audio and video tapes, and films. As the project develops it is expected that manuscripts, especially in Mesoamerican indigenous languages will be included.
Temporal coverage extends from the early sixteenth-century to the present.
There are no restrictions on language although the literature of Mesoamerican scholarhsip has traditionally emphasized Western European languages, especially Spanish, English, German, and French. The Museum Library has available now the WWW-based ethnography and archaeology editions of the Human Relations Area Files. Maya Civilization 1990-1995 A Bibliographic Guide, vol. 2 Labyrithos, Culver City, CA. 1997. Maya Civilization, vol.