Portal:Central America

Image 1Mesoamerica and its cultural areas^{[according to whom?]} (from Mesoamerica)

Image 2Yojoa Lake in Honduras. (from Mesoamerica)

Image 3A small ceremonial ballcourt at Uaxactun. (from Mesoamerica)

Image 4Zapotec mask of the Bat God. (from Mesoamerica)

Image 520th century political map of Central America (from History of Central America)

Image 6Art with ideological and political meaning: depiction of an Aztec tzompantli (skull-rack) from the Ramirez Codex (from Mesoamerica)

Image 7Young Costa Ricans in San José. (from Ethnic groups in Central America)

Image 8Casa Blanca (from Mesoamerica)

Image 9Illustration that recreates the structures of the archaeological site of Yarumela or El Chircal in Honduras, this place reflects the Olmec influence that existed in Central America in the pre-classic period. (from Mesoamerica)

Image 10The xoloitzcuintle is one of the naguales of the god Quetzalcoatl. In this form, it helps the dead cross the Chicnahuapan, a river that separates the world of the living from the dead. (from Mesoamerica)

Image 11Pyramid of the Moon viewed from atop of the Pyramid of the Sun. (from Mesoamerica)

Image 12"Head Variant" or "Patron Gods" glyphs for Maya days (from Mesoamerica)

Image 13Joya de Cerén (from Mesoamerica)

Image 14Countries and capitals of Central America (from Ethnic groups in Central America)

Image 15Mesoamerica and Central America in the 16th century before Spanish arrival ^{[according to whom?]} (from Mesoamerica)

Image 16Ballgame marker from the classic Lowland Maya site of Chinkultic, Mexico depicting a ballplayer in full gear (from Mesoamerica)

Image 17Examples of the diversity of maize (from Mesoamerica)

Image 18A pair of swinging Remojadas figurines, Classic Veracruz culture, 300 to 900 CE. (from Mesoamerica)

Image 19San Andres (from Mesoamerica)

Image 20Rigoberta Menchú K'iche'-Guatemalan (from Ethnic groups in Central America)

Image 21The emblem glyph of Tikal (Mutal) (from Mesoamerica)

Image 22Detail of the Nunnery Quadrangle at Uxmal, 10th century (from Mesoamerica)

Image 23One of the earliest examples of the Mesoamerican writing systems, the Epi-Olmec script on the La Mojarra Stela 1 dated to around 150 CE. Mesoamerica is one of the five places in the world where writing has developed independently. (from Mesoamerica)

Image 24Tazumal (from Mesoamerica)

Image 25Tikal is one of the largest archaeological sites, urban centers, and tourist attractions of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now northern Guatemala. (from Mesoamerica)

Image 26Holy Spirit Grotto (from Mesoamerica)

Image 27Landscape of the Mesoamerican highlands (from Mesoamerica)

Image 28Indigenous Salvadoran women dancing in the traditional "Procession of Palms" a custom celebrated in the town of Panchimalco in El Salvador. (from Ethnic groups in Central America)

Image 29The Avenue of the Dead in Teotihuacan, an example of a Mesoamerican settlement planned according to concepts of directionality (from Mesoamerica)

Image 30Salvadoran School Children from Metapan (from Ethnic groups in Central America)

Image 31Xochicalco, Temple of the Feathered Serpent, 650–900 CE (from Mesoamerica)

Image 32The Aztec Empire in 1512 (from Mesoamerica)

Image 33Olmec Colossal Head No. 3 1200–900 BCE (from Mesoamerica)

Image 34Flag of Central America (from History of Central America)

Image 35Cihuatán (from Mesoamerica)

Image 36Page 9 of the Dresden Codex (from the 1880 Förstermann edition) (from Mesoamerica)

Image 37Ritual human sacrifice portrayed in Codex Laud (from Mesoamerica)

Image 38Celebration of the Chinese year in Costa Rica (from Ethnic groups in Central America)

Image 39José Matías Delgado y de León listed as the intellectual leader of the independence movement; Delgado defined as influential, skillful and intelligent, he started the revolutionary movements against the Spanish crown. (from History of Central America)

Image 40Harry Shum, Jr Asian-Costa Rican – Glee Actor/Dancer (from Ethnic groups in Central America)

Image 41Nery Brenes Costa Rican Athlete (from Ethnic groups in Central America)

Image 42K'inich Kan B'alam II, the Classic period ruler of Palenque, as depicted on a stele (from Mesoamerica)

Image 43Berta Caceres, Lencan environmental activist. -Honduran (from Ethnic groups in Central America)

Image 44Ballgame court at Monte Albán (from Mesoamerica)

Image 45El Mirador flourished from 600 BCE to 100 CE, and may have had a population of over 100,000. (from Mesoamerica)