Contributors who write up to 5,000 words will receive writing credits and free access to the online version of the completed encyclopedia. This is a wonderful opportunity for scholars to impart their knowledge to a broad audience of secondary and undergraduate students.

Here is a sample of available topics on Latin America:

4000BCE-1000BCE
Mesoamerican Urbanization
Mesoamerican Environmental Deities
Mesoamerican Sacrifice: Blood Sacrifice and the Fertility of the Earth
The Late Archaic Period in the Americas: New Gender Roles?
Public Architecture in Mesoamerica
Early Mesoamerican Houses
Trade Routes in North America and Mesoamerica
Olmec Conflict (evidence of warfare in the Americas)
Early Evidence for Mesoamerican and Andean Deities
The Symbolic Layout of Mesoamerican Sites
Hints of Astronomy in Mesoamerica

1000BCE-300CE
Destruction of Cuiculco in the Valley of Mexico
Development of Peruvian water systems along the coast and the mountains
Olmec ceremonial centers (la Venta, Chalcatzingo, Teopantecuanitlan)
Formation of Teotihucan and building of the first pyramids
Early developments in the Valley of Mexico, Cuiculco and Teotihuacan
First developments in writing in MesoAmerica
Earliest evidence for rubber balls from Olmec region
Expansion of Zapotec culture throughout the Valley of Oaxaca, rise of Monte Alban
Early development of Teotihucan as a grand city
Development of formal market centers in MesoAmerica (pochteca)
Olmec shamanism and pantheism
Mesoamerican Calendar system

300-1000
Environmental constraints in Mesoamerica and the Andes
Population Blooms and Crashes in the Americas 300 –1000
Economic Role of Cities in Medieval Americas
Religious Ideas Among the Maya
Feminine Deities in Early Medieval Mesoamerica
Medicine in the Medieval Americas

1000-1500
Drought in Mesoamerica and South America
The Varieties of Hierarchy and Class in the Americas
The Ethnic and Linguistic Divisions of the Americas on the Eve of the Columbian Exchange
Theater among the Incas
Folk Migrations in Mesoamerica: Toltecs and Nahuatls
Folk Migrations in South America and the Caribbean: Caribs, Arawaks, Chibchas, and the Tupi
The Incan State
The Armies of Meso- and South America
Mexica Diplomacy
Incan Diplomacy

1450-1770
The Invasion of Mesoamerica
Horse Cultures: European Influence on America's Pampas
The Effects of European Agriculture on the American Environment
The Chomorro & the Conquistadores: The Columbian Exchange in the Marianas
Spanish Contact and Population Loss in the Marianas
The Making of the Mestizo Class in Hispanic America
Alexander von Humbolt, Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain Bartolome de las Casas Innovations in the Plantation Complex: The Encomienda and Hacienda in Hispanic America
European Traders and the Tupi in Brazil
Tribal Confederacies in Native Mesoamerica

1750-1914
Population Patterns in the Americas
The Evolution of the Newspaper in Europe and the Americas 1750-1914
Books and Reading in Europe and the Americas
Baseball in Meiji Japan and Latin America
Mexico under Porfirio Díaz
The Mexican Revolution of 1910
Rebellion in New Granada and Peru in the 1780s
Slavery in the Caribbean
Spanish-American War
Wars against Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the United States
Railways in Latin America
Canal Building in the Americas

1900-1945
Latin American Nationalism (in shaping society and culture)
Official and Nationalistic Art in the Americas (e.g., war memorials; statues of Bolivar; etc.)
Traditionalism vs. Modernism in the Americas
Nationalism in Latin America (as ideology)

If you are interested in contributing, please send a CV and (if possible) a short writing sample to Josef Castañeda-Liles at JCastaneda-Liles@ABC-CLIO.com.