Open Access Videos | Mesoamerican Cultures and their Histories

Documentaries

Shorts by Gabriela Martínez
- Guelaguetza Parade
- Chocolate mills
- Santo Domingo Cultural Center
- Allende Street
- Market scenes
- Mercado artesanal Calle Alcalá (from July 2010)
- Monte Albán (from March 2010)
- Teotitlán Weaving Process
- Ceramica San Bartolo Coyotepec

Clips / Teachers’ Footage

Clips by Nicole Caracciolo (all from San Marcos Tlapazola)
Clip by Elise Weisenbach
- Luis Domínguez, amatero, speaking in Nahuatl and Spanish about his painting (the audio is a little fuzzy; on YouTube)

Machinima

Scenes from Virtual Oaxaca (an experiment in creating a virtual or game-like representation of the spaces we came to know in Oaxaca; this was its earliest form; footage captured by Jonathon Richter, 2010)

Additional Video Links

INAHTV — lessons possibly useful for teaching about pre-Columbian and colonial cultures; from the television channel of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (National Institute of Anthropology and History)
- Cuevas Prehistóricas en Oaxaca (about the caves with evidence of ancient human activity) (1′ 56″)
- Sala Culturas de Oaxaca, Museo Nacional de Antropología (2′ 27″)
- Museo de las Culturas, Oaxaca (1′ 35″)
- Danza del viento y la lluvia (Santa Cruz Mitlatongo, Mixteca region)
- El baile del viento y la lluvia [about the making of the documentary] (Santa Cruz Mitlatongo, Mixteca region) (2′ 46″)
- Ruta de los Conventos Agustinos (3′ 01″)
Códices — material possibly useful for lessons on manuscripts (YouTube)
- Códices (2″50′ Spanish; an overview of mss in the Museo Nacional de Antropología)
- ¿Qué son los códices? (3″22′ Spanish; INAH)
- ¿Cómo se hacían los códices? (2′50″ Spanish; about paper, pigments, etc.; INAH)
- Códice Mixteco Nuttall: Animales Prehispánicos (3′ 34″ no narration; drawings are re-created from the codex; not labeled)
- Códice Florentino [Book 12, The Conquest] (5′11″ images with text in Spanish) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r64CApew5Zo&feature=related
- Amoxtli “Libro de Anahuac,” “Codices de Anahuac” (3′ 06″ Spanish)
Animations & 3-D of Mesoamerica (YouTube)
- Codex: The Legend of Quetzalcoatl (animation; no verbal narrative, 2003; by Frank Floyd; a university project)
- Centro Cultural Santo Domingo de Guzmán en 3-D (INAHTV, 42″)
Oaxacan Foods (YouTube)
MAMAZ (Mujeres, Artistas, y el Maíz)
Casa de la Mujer
Smithsonian Videos (Folklife Festival, 2010: Mexico; on YouTube)