Although a large amount of historical information about Mesoamerica can be found online, many facts researched by archaeologists are found in museum databases. The Chicago Field Museum emphasize more reliable, detailed online information about Mesoamerican art than the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. The Peabody Museum fails to present and explain straight forward information on the cultural and religious aspects of Mesoamerica online. Both the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University and The Chicago Field Museum have conducted excavations in multiple parts of Central America. The Peabody Museum's excavation team explore Maya and Aztec culture from Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua. While, a big part of the Field
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However, there is little to no information about the Aztec Sun Stone on the Field Museum's website. A considerable amount of the information that people expect to learn about the Sun Stone can be found on countless other sites that had also researched the subject. Aside from the Sun Stone, it is pretty difficult to find much about the artifacts featured in the museum. Wondering deeper into the website may bring visitors to the research and expedition side museum. Granted that it may not be the easiest webpage to find through the Field Museum's website. This side of the site provides information about the objects that were found in Oaxaca, Mexico. But even so, things that were found there may not even be in display in the actual museum itself and only this information can be found on the website or an appointment in …show more content…
Linda Nicholas had gone to multiple excavations documenting artifacts not only in Oaxaca, Mexico. The information isn't found directly on the main website for visitors. People can get to it by doing a little digging. This area of the website is for looking through the research and expeditions that the Chicago Field Museum had conducted around the world. Both of the information provided helps people have a hold on what Mesoamerica was like however, the Peabody Museum's description of the artifact may be a bit over the top or too glamorized. Though, the information is focused on when the artifact was used, they are quite vague about why it even existed. The Field Museum provides good, solid facts and information about the object it presented
However, there is little to no information about the Aztec Sun Stone on the Field Museum's website. A considerable amount of the information that people expect to learn about the Sun Stone can be found on countless other sites that had also researched the subject. Aside from the Sun Stone, it is pretty difficult to find much about the artifacts featured in the museum. Wondering deeper into the website may bring visitors to the research and expedition side museum. Granted that it may not be the easiest webpage to find through the Field Museum's website. This side of the site provides information about the objects that were found in Oaxaca, Mexico. But even so, things that were found there may not even be in display in the actual museum itself and only this information can be found on the website or an appointment in …show more content…
Linda Nicholas had gone to multiple excavations documenting artifacts not only in Oaxaca, Mexico. The information isn't found directly on the main website for visitors. People can get to it by doing a little digging. This area of the website is for looking through the research and expeditions that the Chicago Field Museum had conducted around the world. Both of the information provided helps people have a hold on what Mesoamerica was like however, the Peabody Museum's description of the artifact may be a bit over the top or too glamorized. Though, the information is focused on when the artifact was used, they are quite vague about why it even existed. The Field Museum provides good, solid facts and information about the object it presented