(Part 2) Top products from r/mesoamerica

To be clear, you mean this and this respectively for the examples you gave?

Do you have any other specific recommendations or links?

Seconding both of wallaby1986's suggestions (anything by Coe on the Maya is bound to be superb). The Coe and Koontz text is actually a decent starting point for understanding any of the myriad cultures of Mesoamerica.

I'd further recommend "The Olmecs" by Richard Diehl. He's a frequent collaborator with Michael Coe and his book can be seen as a companion piece to Coe's "The Maya."

Well, you chose a complicated subject of study! Maya glyphs are mostly written in classic Cholan, wich is a dead language... so, first you need to have a basic understanding of at least Yukatek (modern) maya, it's the very basic requirement to study maya glyphs.

Once you have the basic understanding on Maya as a language, you can start using this

BEGINNER'S VISUAL CATALOG OF MAYA HIEROGLYPHS by Alexandre Tokovinine

http://www.mesoweb.com/resources/catalog/Tokovinine_Catalog.pdf

And then use a somehow more advanced book like this

https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Maya-Glyphs-Second-Michael/dp/0500285535

I've been looking for something comprehensive also.... not really finding anything.

For the Maya, I'll throw in Lynn Foster's Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Life-Ancient-Maya-World/dp/0195183630. Had lunch with her not too long ago and got to pick her brain some. There's another book in the series about the Aztecs by another author but I haven't read it.

For Late Formative/Classic period West Mexico that encompasses the peoples with a shared tradition of burying some of their dead in shaft tombs, I recommend the following books.

https://www.amazon.com/Shaft-Tomb-Figures-West-Mexico/dp/B002N7KAXA

https://www.amazon.com/Anecdotal-sculpture-ancient-Angeles-Publication/dp/B0006W0TB2

https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-West-Mexico-Archaeology-Past/dp/0500050929

https://www.amazon.com/Shaft-Tombs-Figures-Mexican-Society/dp/0981979998

https://www.amazon.com/Sculpture-Ancient-West-Mexico-Collection/dp/082631175X

https://www.amazon.com/Heritage-Power-Sculpture-Collection-Metropolitan/dp/030010488X

https://www.amazon.com/Sculpture-Ancient-West-Mexico-Collection/dp/0875870406

Well the third one, the vase rollout, is Moche fineline drawing from Peru (ca. A.D. 1-800) and is not Mesoamerican. It is generally interpreted as a burial (the two figures lowering a mummy bundle using ropes on the right). To the left, some people are presenting an elite (king or high priest) with sacrifices or tribute, and he is dressed in full ceremonial garb and seated on top of a huaca or pyramid mound.

The image is full of characters that commonly show up in Moche iconography and, in some cases, throughout northern Peru. Unfortunately, I am not up to speed on who each character is or what their role is in the Moche canon.

I found a copy of this rollout on this page, put together by Brian Billman who is a Moche specialist. He cites Donnan and McClelland for this scene. They have a couple books on Moche art and iconography and they are recognized as authorities on Moche ceramic art. You should take a look at their books for more info. Check out Sex, Death, and Sacrifice in Moche Religion and Visual Culture by Steve Bourget for some more recent ideas on the meaning of Moche ceramic art.

The other two images look Mesoamerican to me and I don't know much about Mesoamerican art or iconography so I can't help you out there, unfortunately.