Evidence of Foreign Invasion of Georgia in 1100 AD?
Why was a fortified town built on the lower Chattahoochee River in southwest Georgia around 1100 AD? Known as the
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Florida Ice Age Site with Early Human Remains to be Excavated
Excavation of one of the most important Ice Age sites in North America – the Old Vero Man site in
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Review: Palenque- Eternal City of the Maya
There is no better, more thorough history of the Mayan site of Palenque than George and David Stuart’s Palenque: Eternal
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Mysterious Golden Spheres Found in Tunnel Beneath Mexican Pyramid
The massive pre-Columbian site of Teotihuacan just outside of Mexico City still has many mysteries. Reaching its height around 200
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Native American Eternal Flame Behind New York Waterfall
Still a few surprises left in this world. Read the story below about a natural ‘eternal flame’ lit by Native
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Contractor Bulldozes Mayan Temple
Over the past 100 years countless archaeological sites have been destroyed to provide road fill for America’s growing transportation network.
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Maya architecture not borrowed from Olmecs
The standard story of the origins of Maya civilizations has them evolving from the “mother culture” of Mesoamerica, the Olmecs. Yet the latest research shows that this may not be the case and the Maya likely originated their own ideas about how to construct a city.
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Moorehead Circle Reveals New Secrets
The ceremonial life of Native American civilizations before the arrival of Europeans was far more complicated than the simplistic notion
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Aztec Florentine Codex Now Online
The Florentine Codex contains a wealth of information about the Aztecs written by the Aztecs themselves and translated by the
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Adena Burials Unearthed at Pigs Point, Maryland
The Pigs Point site in Maryland recently gave archaeologists a surprise as they unearthed burial pits that appear to have
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Native Americans built Poverty Point in less than 90 days, research confirms
Academics are constantly underestimating the complexity and sophistication of all ancient civilizations but perhaps more so with ancient Native American
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First physical evidence of tobacco in a Mayan container
Tobacco was one of the most important substances among Native American tribes in the New World. At the time of
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