Welcome to MMARP

Todos a color — MMARP symposium and study group. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City. 1983. Standing (L-R): Sandy Arnold, Philip Arnold, unidentified, Lindsay Jones, unidentified, James Walton, John Hoag, Kay Read, Irene Vasquez, unidentified, unidentified, John Carlson, unidentfied. Kneeling/sitting (L-R): Lawrence Desmond, Carmen Aguilera, Payson Sheets, Giselle ten Hompel. Photo by Lawrence G. Desmond.

The Raphael and Fletcher Lee Moses Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project (MMARP), housed at Harvard University, is an interdisciplinary research initiative dedicated to the study of Mesoamerican civilizations. The archive preserves more than four decades of collaborative scholarship led by historian of religions Davíd Carrasco and an international network of archaeologists, historians, anthropologists, art historians, and scholars of religion.

MMARP maintains extensive research collections documenting major archaeological projects, including the excavation of the Templo Mayor in Mexico City and research at Teotihuacan, as well as visual records of Mesoamerican codices, artifacts, and ritual traditions. The archive also preserves conference materials, research papers, photographs, and audiovisual documentation generated through decades of scholarly collaboration.

MMARP supports ongoing research and teaching on the cultures, histories, and intellectual traditions of Mesoamerica through conferences, publications, and educational initiatives.

Top banner image: Diego Rivera, The Great City of Tenochtitlan, 1945, National Palace, Mexico City. The scene depicts the Mexica ruler Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin carried through the marketplace of Tlatelolco, with the Templo Mayor and surrounding volcanic landscape in the background. Photo by Scott Sessions, MMARP.