1. Natural Areas of Mesoamerica Tim Roufs University of Minnesota Duluth

3. http:// www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/reference_maps/north_america.html

5. Physiographic Regions of Middle America

6. Principal Geological Provinces of Middle America Western Sierra Madre Central High Plateau Coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico Neovolcanic Axis Southern Sierra Madre Isthmus of Tehuantepec Yucatán Peninsula Mountains of northwestern Central America Volcanoes of El Salvador and Nicaragua Coastal Plains of the Pacific Ocean Coastal Plains of the Caribbean Sea Isthmus of Costa Rica- Panama

7. Surface Geology of Middle America

8. Major Cultural Areas of Middle America, ca. A.D. 1500 nonagricultural areas agricultural areas limit of high cultures limits of “Mesoamerican” Culture (Kirchoff, 1943)

9. http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/maKirchhof_handout.html#title

10. “Mesoamerica” (cultural) “Middle America” (geological)

11. Regional Divisions of the Mesoamerican Cultural Area Maya Highlands Maya Lowlands Southern Periphery Southern Veracruz-Tobasco Oaxaca Central Mexico Central Veracruz The Huasteca Guerrero Western Mexico and the Northern Frontier Central Highlands

14. Valley of Mexico

15. Istaccihuatl and Popocatepetl

16. Popocatepetl http://members.tripod.com/~Maverickpage/imagenes/Mex15.jpg

17. Popocatepetl and Istaccihuatl http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/kids/legends.html#mexico

18. http:// archaeology.la.asu.edu/tm/pages2/mtm04.htm

19. Schematic Diagram of the Central Highland Area – Patrick F. Gallagher

20. The Mesa Central of Mexico

21. Interior Drainage and Lakes of the Central Plateau of Mexico, ca. A.D. 1500

23. The Northern Portion of Tulancingo Basin, Northeastern Mesa Central

25. A Portion of the Tarascan Sierra, Michoacan

27. A Portion of the Highly Dissected Mesa Del Sur, East of Oaxaca City

29. Northern Part of the Valley of Oaxaca

30. Mean Annual Precipitation, Mexico and Central America

31. Normal Hurricane Tracks

32. Vegetation

33. Surface Configuration of the Yucatán Penninsula

34. The Continental Shelf and Areas of Certain Fisheries

36. Miocene-Pliocene Routes of Animal Migrations

37. Who Were the First Americas? Tim Roufs University of Minnesota Duluth

38. Tim Roufs University of Minnesota Duluth

39. http://www.pbs.org/saf/1406/

40. http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/mastages_handout.html

41. Chinampas