Americas Archive
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One-third of ancient mummies had heart disease, study finds
Posted on March 11, 2013 | No CommentsAtherosclerosis -
Evidence of Mass Sacrifice from Ancient Mexico discovered at Lake Xaltocan
Posted on February 7, 2013 | No Comments'It's absolutely remarkable to think about this little nothing on the landscape having potentially evidence of the largest mass human sacrifice in ancient Meso-America.' -
Did Ancient China Influence Olmec Mexico?
Posted on December 23, 2012 | No CommentsThese similarities may have arisen in either of two ways: either through analogy (independent development) or through homology (transoceanic contact, or diffusion). -
New light on the Nazca Lines
Posted on December 10, 2012 | No CommentsArchaeologists gain insight into ancient desert drawings -
Hail the Conquering Gods: Ritual Sacrifice of Children in Inca Society
Posted on December 9, 2012 | No CommentsThe focus of this paper is to evaluate the Capacocha (also referred to as capac hucha) or child sacrifices in Inca society. -
The Divine Power of Childhood in Ancient Mesoamerica
Posted on December 3, 2012 | No CommentsI will explore the role of children in the spiritual life of the ancient cultures of Mesoamerica, first briefly summarizing what is currently known about the experience of childhood in these cultures, and then exploring the spiritual authority of childhood as a privileged stage of life. -
Machu Picchu: its engineering infrastructure
Posted on November 22, 2012 | No CommentsMachu Picchu, the royal estate of the Inca ruler Pachacuti is the most well-known of all Inca archaeological sites. -
Radiocarbon and DNA evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of Polynesian chickens to Chile
Posted on September 16, 2012 | No CommentsThese results not only provide firm evidence for the pre-Columbian introduction of chickens to the Americas, but strongly suggest that it was a Polynesian introduction. -
The catastrophic extinction of North American mammoths and mastodonts
Posted on September 8, 2012 | No CommentsArchaeological and theoretical evidence reviewed here indicates that Clovis-era foragers exterminated mammoths and mastodonts in North America around 11,000 radiocarbon years ago. -
Why did the Mayan civilization collapse in the 9th century? Trade problems, climate change among the factors cited in new research
Posted on August 22, 2012 | No CommentsA new analysis of complex interactions between humans and the environment preceding the 9th century collapse and abandonment of the Central Maya Lowlands in the Yucat
