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1. Journey to a New Land

   Select your education level and proceed on a virtual journey that explores the many questions about how people first arrived in the Americas over 12,000 years ago.

   http://www.sfu.museum/journey/

   
   

2. African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American Art

   Online exhibits from the permanent collection at The Detroit Institute of Arts.

   http://www.dia.org/collections/aonwc/

   
   

3. America's Stone Age Explorers

   Root through a Stone Age toolkit, see artifacts from the Clovis people, and explore theories about the end of mammoths and other big beasts long ago.

   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/stoneage/

   
   

4. Ancient Latin America

   Get info and pictures about life here before the Spanish Conquest. Explore the many cultures, their customs, and social structures. There's a cool clickable map too! From EMuseum.

   http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/

   
   

5. AncientMexico.com

   Includes maps and timelines of Mesoamerica, talks about the gods of Mexico and the Maya, explores the fall of the Aztec Empire, and much more.

   http://www.ancientmexico.com/

   
   

6. Archaeology and the Native Peoples of Tennessee

   Discover 15,000 years of Native American history in Tennessee. Find artifacts and photographs of this exhibit at the McClung Museum.

   http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/permex/archaeol/archaeol.h...

   
   

7. Conquistadors - Start the Adventure

   This PBS site explores the conquest of the Americas, including North America, Peru, Amazonia, and Mexico. Be sure to check out the timeline.

   http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/

   
   

8. Expeditions

   Read about 150 years of Smithsonian scientists' research and exploration in Latin America. Includes photos, descriptions of the expeditions, and biographies of the scientists.

   http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/laexped/

   
   

9. Mesoamerican Ballgame

   Go back in time 3000 years and learn about the first organized team sport. Discover this sporting competition that was also a complex religious ritual. You can also check out some artifacts featured in a traveling exhibit.

   http://www.ballgame.org/

   
   

10. Mesoweb

    Devoted to ancient Mesoamerica and its cultures. Includes a great encyclopedia, news from an archaeological dig, and much more.

    http://www.mesoweb.com/

    
    

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