Reddit mentions of Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Ancient Peoples and Places)

The go-to for Aztec deities, religion, and mythology has always been the Florentine Codex and probably the Borgia and Mendoza Codices. Every other book or article about the subject usually references at least one of the codices above.

For the shaft tomb culture I recommend Ancient West Mexico edited by Richard Townsend. It's kind of an art history meets archaeology book and until Chris Beekman, my advisor, publishes his book on shaft tombs I think Ancient West Mexico is the most up to date source on just the shaft tomb culture. Another book that you can find is Greater Mesoamerica: The Archaeology of West and Northwest Mexico edited by Foster and Gorenstein. That gives a larger view of West Mexico, but it still includes chapters on the shaft tomb culture.

Article-wise, I was able to find these four articles through Google Scholar that were free to read. Otherwise the rest are beyond paywalls. I can upload a bunch of stuff to Dropbox or Drive if you'd like when you're done checking out these ones.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher_Beekman/publication/231922536_THE_CHRONOLOGICAL_CONTEXT_OF_THE_CENTRAL_JALISCO_SHAFT_TOMBS/links/545d583b0cf295b5615e6b6a.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher_Beekman/publication/231753737_THE_SHAFT_TOMBS_OF_THE_ATEMAJAC_VALLEY_AND_THEIR_RELATION_TO_SETTLEMENT/links/545d57fd0cf27487b44d4e18.pdf

http://staging.doaks.org/resources/publications/doaks-online-publications/palaces-of-the-ancient-new-world/isbn-0-88402-300-1.pdf#page=68

http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/J_Mountjoy_Burial_2006.pdf

And for books that focus on Mesoamerica as a whole, I recommend these two. I know one of them I used for a class and I really liked it, but I can't remember which. They both probably neglect West Mexico and if they mention it in any capacity it is to mention the Postclassic and Contact Tarascan state. c'est le vie

http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Mexico-Central-America-Archaeology/dp/0500287147/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1453330091&sr=8-11&keywords=ancient+mexico

http://www.amazon.com/Mexico-Olmecs-Aztecs-Ancient-Peoples/dp/0500290768/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1453330091&sr=8-2&keywords=ancient+mexico