Aztecs are not Inca are not Maya

It’s Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month here in the United States! This week, we attempt to help you (and ourselves) be less wrong about the most famous early Latin American cultures. Amber provides a crash course on Aztec, Inca, and Maya history and the thorny issues of contemporary indigenous cultural identity, while Anna chimes in with fun facts and Very Cool Things about each group! To learn more, check out:I’m Latino. I’m Hispanic. And they’re different, so I drew a comic to explain. (Terry Blas, via Vox)Why Does Jared Diamond Make Anthropologists So Mad? (NPR)Spanish and Nahuatl Views on Smallpox and Demographic Catastrophe in Mexico (The Journal of Interdisciplinary History)From Náhuatl to Guaraní: 5 Apps to Help You Learn Indigenous Languages (Remezcla)Chicueyaco: Daily Life in a Nahua Village (Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine)Náhuatl: A fond farewell? (Unravel)Top 5 Ancient Aztec Inventions (How Stuff Works)Badianus Manuscript: An Aztec Herbal, 1552 (University of Virginia)The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire (Museum of the American Indian)The College Student Who Decoded the Data Hidden in Inca Knots (Atlas Obscura)Domenici, Viviano; Domenici, Davide (1996). "Talking Knots of the Inka" Archaeology. 49 (6)Jacobsen, Lyle E. "Use of Knotted String Accounting Records in Old Hawaii and Ancient China". Accounting Historians Journal‘Home Made’ Ancient Inca Instruments Replicas Perfectly Mimic Different Animals Using Nothing But Water (Get Lost to Be Found)Poqomchi’ conversation: importancia del idioama poqomchi' en nuestro medio (Endangered Languages Project)Mayan Scientific Achievements (History.com)El Caracol (Exploratorium)Cross-Legged Woman's Tomb Reveals Ancient Maya Kept Jaguars in Cages (Live Science)NOTE: 09/16/18: An earlier version of the show description referred to the Aztecs, the Inca, and the Maya as Mesoamerican cultures, which is incorrect....