Mayan Venus glyphs. Notice the jaguar glyph in the center of second row.chihuahua-bullcreek-comparisonA Seminole Indian camp with a sleep chickee, cooking chickee, and eating chickee. (Courtesy Wikipedia)"How the Indians collect gold from the streams" by Jacques Le Moyne, an artist at the first French colony in the New World at Fort Caroline in Florida.calusa-fishing-villageView of the Forsyth petroglyph at the University of Georgia

Mayan Glyphs on Georgia, Florida Pottery?

Ancient Chihuahuas Once Roamed, and Eaten, in Southeastern U.S.?

Mayan Words Among Georgia’s Indians?

Were the Maya Mining Gold in Georgia?

Ancient Civilizations of Florida

Forsyth Petroglyph Reveals Comet Impact?

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Mayan Glyphs on Georgia, Florida Pottery?

Mayan Venus glyphs. Notice the jaguar glyph in the center of second row. Distribution of Swift Creek sites in Southeastern U.S. The arrival of corn at the Fort Center and Ortona sites in the Lake Okeechobee area of Florida by 200 AD

Ancient Chihuahuas Once Roamed, and Eaten, in Southeastern U.S.?

chihuahua-bullcreek-comparisonChihuahua pot from Niesler Mound in Georgia The origins of the Chihuahua have been lost in the mists of time yet new research reveals they once roamed the south

Mayan Words Among Georgia’s Indians?

A Seminole Indian camp with a sleep chickee, cooking chickee, and eating chickee. (Courtesy Wikipedia)Mayan Words in Hitchiti-Creek Language Suggest Ancient Connection The Hitchiti language, one of many languages spoken by Creek Indians, was spoken in Georgia an

Were the Maya Mining Gold in Georgia?

"How the Indians collect gold from the streams" by Jacques Le Moyne, an artist at the first French colony in the New World at Fort Caroline in Florida.Is there evidence that the Maya were in Georgia and Florida? If so, why were they there? Were they mining gold and shipping it back to Mexico? Does a gold artif
  • Large Hopewell site unearthed in Ohio

    hopewell-archaeologyA huge archaeological site has been unearthed in Ohio dating to the Hopewell time period. From the news report: Five weeks of digging this summer by professiona
  • Moundville Aerial Video

    moundville1Chickasaw.tv, the Chickasaw Nation’s online video network, has produced an amazing video featuring the Moundville site in Alabama. The video features aeri
  • Sacred Mayan Journey 2012

    sacred-mayan-journeysThe Maya of the Postclassic era considered the sea as a source of food and a navigable resource but it was also the cause of devastation and death, as the marin
  • Mayan Pottery, Pyramids Unearthed in Georgia

    Swift-Creek-Mayan-GlyphsNew research reveals that symbols which appear on ancient Georgia pottery are identical to Mayan glyphs, the symbols used to write the Mayan language. The potte
  • Who Discovered America?

    history-who-really-discovered-america-7061191This History Channel documentary entitled “Who Really Discovered America?” highlights the various theories of Precolumbian contact with the Americas
  • Mayan Glyphs on Georgia, Florida Pottery?

    Mayan Venus glyphs. Notice the jaguar glyph in the center of second row.Distribution of Swift Creek sites in Southeastern U.S. The arrival of corn at the Fort Center and Ortona sites in the Lake Okeechobee area of Florida by 200 AD

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Large Hopewell site unearthed in Ohio

A huge archaeological site has been unearthed in Ohio dating to the Hopewell time period. From the news report: Five weeks of digging this summer by professional and amateur archae Full Story »

Mesoamerican Archaeology News

A composite photograph of the front and back of the jade gouge shown with a centimeter scale. CREDIT: Les O’Neil, University of Otago

Origin of Ancient Jade Tool Baffles Scientists

A composite photograph of the front and back of the jade gouge shown with a centimeter scale. CREDIT: Les O’Neil, University of Otago An international team of archaeologists and Full Story »

South American Archaeology News

Some of the oldest known corn cobs, husks, stalks and tassels, dating from 6,700 to 3,000 years ago were discovered at Paredones and Huaca Prieta, two mound sites on Peru’s arid northern coast.  (Credit: Tom D. Dillehay)

Ancient popcorn discovered in Peru

Some of the oldest known corn cobs, husks, stalks and tassels, dating from 6,700 to 3,000 years ago were discovered at Paredones and Huaca Prieta, two mound sites on Peru’s arid Full Story »

Caribbean Archaeology News

Pre-Columbian Jamaica

As there are no recent surveys of Jamaica archaeology, this work is an extremely valuable contribution to the literature on the Caribbean. It is well organized, clearly written, Full Story »