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Since its inception, the Moses Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project has supported, generated, and helped circulate a wide range of scholarly publications emerging from its conferences, collaborative research projects, archival initiatives, and long-standing intellectual partnerships. These works have contributed significantly to the study of Mesoamerican religions, archaeology, cultural history, Indigenous manuscripts, ritual traditions, and the broader study of religion in the Americas.

This page includes major reference works, books emerging from MMARP conferences and research projects, recent and forthcoming publications, and selected related works by collaborating scholars

Forthcoming MMARP Publications

MMARP continues to support new publications that emerge from its archival holdings, scholarly collaborations, conferences, and long-standing relationships with leading scholars of Mesoamerican history, religion, archaeology, and visual culture. Forthcoming and recently completed publications will be listed here as they become available.

• Davíd Carrasco, Arthur Kleinman, Stephanie Paulsell, Michel Puett.
  The Practice of Wisdom. Harvard University Press, 2026.

Major Reference Work

• Davíd Carrasco, ed.
  The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures. 3 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Books Emerging from MMARP Conferences and Research Projects

• Anthony F. Aveni.
  Conversations with Anthony Aveni: Archaeoastronomy and the History of Religions. Working Paper, Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project. University of Colorado, 1985.
• Davíd Carrasco and Jane Marie Law, eds.
  Waiting for the Dawn: Mircea Eliade in Perspective. University Press of Colorado, 1985.
• Johanna Broda, Davíd Carrasco, and Eduardo Matos Moctezuma.
  The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan: Center and Periphery in the Aztec World. University of California Press, 1987.
• Davíd Carrasco, ed.
  The Imagination of Matter: Religion and Ecology in Mesoamerican Traditions. Archaeopress (British Archaeological Reports), 1989.
• Davíd Carrasco, ed.
  To Change Place: Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes. University Press of Colorado, 1991.
• Davíd Carrasco and Jane Marie Law, eds.
  Waiting for the Dawn: Mircea Eliade in Perspective. Revised edition. University Press of Colorado, 1991.
• Davíd Carrasco and Eduardo Matos Moctezuma.
  Moctezuma’s Mexico: Visions of the Aztec World. University Press of Colorado, 1992; revised edition 2003.
• Davíd Carrasco, ed.
  Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes. University Press of Colorado, 1999.
• Davíd Carrasco, Lindsay Jones, and Scott Sessions, eds.
  Mesoamerica’s Classic Heritage: From Teotihuacan to the Aztecs. University Press of Colorado, 2000.
• Leonardo López Luján.
  La Casa de las Águilas: Un ejemplo de la arquitectura religiosa de Tenochtitlan. Fondo de Cultura Económica / INAH / MMARP, 2006.
• Davíd Carrasco and Scott Sessions, eds.
  Cave, City, and Eagle’s Nest: An Interpretive Journey through the Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2. University of New Mexico Press, 2007.
• Davíd Carrasco and Scott Sessions, eds.
  Cueva, ciudad y nido de águila: Una travesía interpretativa por el Mapa de Cuauhtinchan núm. 2. University of New Mexico Press, 2010.
• Eduardo Matos Moctezuma.
  Death in Mesoamerica. Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project, 2023.

Selected Related Publications by Collaborating Scholars 

• Leonardo López Luján.
  The Offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan. University of New Mexico Press, 1994.
• Eduardo Matos Moctezuma.
  Life and Death in the Templo Mayor. University Press of Colorado, 1995.
• Lindsay Jones.
  Twin City Tales: A Hermeneutical Reassessment of Tula and Chichén Itzá. University Press of Colorado, 1995.
• Georges Baudot.
  Utopia and History in Mexico: The First Chroniclers of Mexican Civilization, 1520–1569. University Press of Colorado, 1995.
• Alfredo López Austin.
  Tamoanchan, Tlalocan: Places of Mist. University Press of Colorado, 1997.
• Philip P. Arnold.
  Eating Landscape: Aztec and European Occupation of Tlalocan. University Press of Colorado, 1999.
• Marilyn A. Masson.
  In the Realm of Nachan Kan: Postclassic Maya Archaeology at Laguna de On, Belize. University Press of Colorado, 2002.
• H. B. Nicholson.
  Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl: The Once and Future Lord of the Toltecs. University Press of Colorado, 2001.
• Eloise Quiñones Keber, ed.
  Representing Aztec Ritual: Performance, Text, and Image in the Work of Sahagún. University Press of Colorado, 2002.
• Alba Guadalupe Mastache de Escobar.
  Ancient Tollan: Tula and the Toltec Heartland. University Press of Colorado, 2002.
• Anthony Aveni.
  Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures. Basic Books, 2002.
• Guilhem Olivier.
  Mockeries and Metamorphoses of an Aztec God: Tezcatlipoca. University Press of Colorado, 2003.
• Gabrielle Vail and Anthony Aveni, eds.
  The Madrid Codex: New Approaches to Understanding an Ancient Maya Manuscript. University Press of Colorado, 2004.
• Jacques Galinier.
  The World Below: Body and Cosmos in Otomí Indian Ritual. University Press of Colorado, 2004.
• Anath Ariel de Vidas.
  Thunder Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. University Press of Colorado, 2004.
• Keith M. Prufer and James E. Brady, eds.
  Stone Houses and Earth Lords: Maya Religion in the Cave Context. University Press of Colorado, 2005.
• Traci Ardren and Scott R. Hutson, eds.
  The Social Experience of Childhood in Mesoamerica. University Press of Colorado, 2006.
• Clive Ruggles and Gary Urton, eds.
  Skywatching in the Ancient World. University Press of Colorado, 2007.
• Alain Breton, ed.
  Rabinal Achi: A Fifteenth-Century Maya Dynastic Drama. University Press of Colorado, 2007.
• E. Christian Wells and Karla L. Davis-Salazar, eds.
  Mesoamerican Ritual Economy. University Press of Colorado, 2007.
• Maarten Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez.
  Encounter with the Plumed Serpent. University Press of Colorado, 2007.
• Nancy Gonlin and Jon C. Lohse, eds.
  Commoner Ritual and Ideology in Ancient Mesoamerica. University Press of Colorado, 2007.
• Gerardo Aldana.
  The Apotheosis of Janaab’ Pakal. University Press of Colorado, 2007.
• Travis Stanton and Aline Magnoni, eds.
  Ruins of the Past. University Press of Colorado, 2008.
• Rebecca Brienen and Margaret Jackson, eds.
  Invasion and Transformation. University Press of Colorado, 2008.
• Florine Asselbergs.
  Conquered Conquistadors. University Press of Colorado, 2008.
• Dean E. Arnold.
  Social Change and the Evolution of Ceramic Production. University Press of Colorado, 2008.
• Jeffrey P. Blomster, ed.
  After Monte Albán. University Press of Colorado, 2008.
• John M. Weeks, Frauke Sachse, and Christian Prager.
  Maya Daykeeping. University Press of Colorado, 2009.
• Guy Stresser-Péan.
  The Sun God and the Savior. University Press of Colorado, 2009.
• Susanna Rostas.
  Carrying the Word. University Press of Colorado, 2009.
• Leslie Cecil and Timothy Pugh, eds.
  Maya Worldviews at Conquest. University Press of Colorado, 2009.
• Prudence Rice and Don Rice, eds.
  The Kowoj. University Press of Colorado, 2009.
• Catherine DiCesare.
  Sweeping the Way. University Press of Colorado, 2009.
• Ethelia Ruiz Medrano.
  Mexico’s Indigenous Communities. University Press of Colorado, 2010.
• Ethelia Ruiz Medrano and Susan Kellogg, eds.
  Negotiation within Domination. University Press of Colorado, 2010.
• Michael Lind and Javier Urcid.
  The Lords of Lambityeco. University Press of Colorado, 2010.
• Timothy W. Knowlton.
  Maya Creation Myths. University Press of Colorado, 2010.
• Edward Schortman and Patricia Urban.
  Networks of Power. University Press of Colorado, 2011.
• Matthew Boxt and Brian Dillon, eds.
  Fanning the Sacred Flame. University Press of Colorado, 2012.

Related Publications in the Study of Religion

• Jualynne E. Dodson.
  Sacred Spaces and Religious Traditions in Oriente Cuba. University of New Mexico Press, 2008.
• William B. Taylor.
  Shrines and Miraculous Images: Religious Life in Mexico before the Reforma. University of New Mexico Press, 2010; revised edition 2019.
• William B. Taylor.
  Marvels and Miracles in Late Colonial Mexico. University of New Mexico Press, 2011; revised edition 2019.
• Carole Stewart.
  Strange Jeremiahs. University of New Mexico Press, 2011.
• Tracey E. Hucks.
  Yoruba Traditions and African American Religious Nationalism. University of New Mexico Press, 2014.
• Karen Melvin and Sylvia Sellers-García, eds.
  Imagining Histories of Colonial Latin America. University of New Mexico Press, 2017.

• Jennifer Reid and Davíd Carrasco, eds.
  With This Root about My Person: Charles H. Long and New Directions in the Study of Religion. University of New Mexico Press, 2020.