Our understanding of ancient civilizations is constantly challenged by newly discovered ruins that defy mainstream historical ...

The language which predates the arrival of the Spanish is still spoken in Mexico, and Pre-Columbian neighborhoods still exist ...

Archaeologists working in Mexico City have unearthed hundreds of obsidian artifacts dating back to pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and the Mexica Empire, according to a new study published in the journal ...

Chapter 1. Paradoxical politics: negotiating the contraditions of political authority / Sarah Kurnick -- Chapter 2. Theories of power and legitimacy in archaeological contexts: the emergent regime of ...

The Inca Empire in South America, one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies, was known for many innovations — such as the architecture of Machu Picchu, an extensive road network, and a system ...

A pre-Columbian society in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system that allowed them to produce maize throughout the year, according to a recent discovery by a team of ...

Fishermen from the community of Arumanduba, located in the Médio Solimões region of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, made a discovery. After a 15-meter Paricarana tree fell, they noticed seven giant pre ...

List of illustrations -- Introduction : The enigma of the event / Zackary I. Gilmore and Jason M. O'Donoughue -- I. When Practice Becomes History. 1. In the unlikely event : method for temporalizing ...

A recent discovery at the top of a pyramid in El Salvador challenges the notion that pre-Columbian Salvadorans were isolated from more advanced civilizations. A pair of archaeologists has unearthed ...

The aim of this paper is to investigate five new cases of possible treponematosis in early medieval Denmark. A total of 1018 skeletons from Danish and present day German cemeteries have been examined, ...