Archaeology
Ancient America: The Maya City of Coba
Cobá was a Maya city located in the northern portion of the Maya region on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Most of the city was […]
Archaeology
Ancient America: Shiloh
Mississippian is a cultural complex whose hearth appears to be in the American Bottom area near the Mississippi River in Illinois. The most spectacular characteristic […]
Ancient America: Tulum, a Maya Port
Tulum, located on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Maya. The earliest date found on […]
Ancient America: The Gods of Palenque
For most people, the Maya and the Aztec are the best-known Mesoamerican cultures. The area occupied by the Maya included southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, […]
Ancient America: Tiwanaku
While the Inka are the best-known pre-Columbian civilization in South America, there were other earlier and longer-lasting highly developed civilizations. Tiwanaku (also spelled Tiahuanaco and […]
Ancient America: Nevada
What is now the state of Nevada was home to American Indian people for several millennia prior to the arrival of the first Europeans in […]
Ancient America: 3,000 Years Ago
Three thousand years ago-about 1000 BCE-there was a lot going on around the world. Some examples: Egypt: the New Kingdom era was collapsing Mesopotamia: Babylon […]
Ancient America: 4,000 Years Ago
Four thousand years ago, the Bronze Age was just beginning in Europe and in China. Palace civilizations were beginning in the Aegean. The chariot had […]
Ancient America: Hovenweep
In 1854 a Mormon expedition under the leadership of W. D. Huntington reported finding some ancient ruins in southeast Utah. Twenty years later, the photographer […]
Ancient America: The Moche
While the Inka (Inca) are probably the best-known of the ancient civilizations of South America because they were flourishing when the Spanish arrived, there were […]