Maps of Coahuilteco

Mexico: Linguistic Map of Mesoamerica (Public Content)


Linguistic Map of Mesoamerica

Map Creator(s):   Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, INC. (FAMSI)
Source:   FAMSI
Contact:   FAMSI, Archivist: jessicafamsi.org, FAMSI, 268 South Suncoast Boulevard, Crystal River, FL, 34429, U.S.A.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status:   When FAMSI images are requested for educational purposes only–not for sale or profit–permission is freely given.

Map Description:
This Linguistic Map is based on the previous linguistic maps of Mendizábal and Jiménez (1936, 1941), Frederick Johnson (1940), and McQuown (1955) and has been modified from The Handbook of Middle American Indians.



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North America: Linguistic Stocks of American Indians (Powell)



Map of Linguistic Stocks of American Indians

Source:   Project Gutenberg
High resolution map available from the Library of Congress

Data Source:   Powell, J. W. (1891) Indian linguistic families of America north of Mexico. Annual report of Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-86.7. 1-142, pl. I
Usage Notes/Copyright Status:   Public Content
Date Digitized:   2010

Map Description:
This map displays the distribution of Native American languages in the United States and Canada as of the late 19th Century. The information found in this map is also presented in a paper titled 'Indian linguistic families of America north of Mexico', which Powell published in the seventh volume of the Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

Other resources related to this project:
For more information on the Bureau of Ethnology (now called the 'Bureau of American Ethnology') and online copies of the reports, you can review the Smithsoninan Institution Archives at archive.org.
The paper associated with this map can be found in volume seven.



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