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Possible Mayan Site Discovered in Georgia Mountains?

Architect and scholar Richard Thornton has published his findings about an archaeological site on the side of Georgia's highest mountain peak, Brasstown Bald. His conclusion, that Full Story »

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Example of the rock-art found at 40 sites in northeastern Guanajuato, Mexico. Image: Carlos Viramontes / INAH

Forty New Rock Art Sites in Mexico

Rock-art has been discovered and recorded in forty sites in northeastern Guanajuato, Mexico, as part of an ongoing project carried out by researchers from the National Institute of 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

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