Language Evidence of Mesoamerican Trade Contact in Southeastern U.S.
Linguist David Kaufman at the University of Kansas has found compelling linguistic evidence of trade contact between Mexico and the
Read moreEvidence of the ancient Maya in the present-day United States of America.
Linguist David Kaufman at the University of Kansas has found compelling linguistic evidence of trade contact between Mexico and the
Read moreNew research reveals that symbols which appear on ancient Georgia pottery are identical to Mayan glyphs, the symbols used to
Read moreThe arrival of corn at the Fort Center and Ortona sites in the Lake Okeechobee area of Florida by 200
Read moreOne of the many mysteries involving the ancient Maya is the origin of a blue pigment they used to paint
Read moreWhen Europeans first stepped foot in Florida and Georgia they all recorded eye-witness accounts of Native Americans in possession of
Read moreMayan Words in Hitchiti-Creek Language Suggest Ancient Connection The Hitchiti language, one of many languages spoken by Creek Indians, was
Read moreIs there evidence that the Maya were in Georgia and Florida? If so, why were they there? Were they mining
Read moreArchitect and scholar Richard Thornton has published his findings about an archaeological site on the side of Georgia’s highest mountain
Read moreA mysterious stone wall constructed atop Fort Mountain in north Georgia around 400 AD could represent an astronomical observatory built by people from Mexico.
Read moreJaguars and panthers aren’t from Indiana but they show up at the Mann Hopewell Site as beautifully detailed carvings. Put them together with clay figurines that have slanted eyes — not a Hopewell feature — and Linderman says we could be looking at a connection between Indiana and Central or South America.
Read moreThirty years ago the archaeological scientists Garman Harbottle and Edward Sayre used neutron activation analysis to show that turquoise mosaics from Mexico, found as far away as the great Maya city of Chichén Itzá in Yucatan and dating back to around AD900, used raw material originating in the Cerrillos mines between Albuquerque and Santa Fe in New Mexico, an overland distance of some 3,200 km (2,000 miles).
Read moreA discovery of ancient jade could shake up old notions of the New
World before Columbus. Scientists say they have traced 1,500-year-old
axe blades found in the eastern Caribbean to ancient jade mines in
Central America 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) away.