Toltecs and Cahokia
Was the ancient Native American metropolis of Cahokia built or inspired by the Toltec empire of Central Mexico? That’s the
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Mayan Megalopolis Discovered in Guatemalan Jungle
The Mayan civilization has always been impressive but the latest LIDAR scans of the Guatemalan jungle have revealed these cities were
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Etowah Elites from Cahokia
In 2004 I argued that the site of Etowah Mounds in Cartersville, Georgia was inhabited by elites from Cahokia, a
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Pyramids in the Everglades?
Eyewitness accounts of ancient stone ruins and pyramids in the Everglades and other locations in South Florida are investigated in
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Tulum’s Mayan Lighthouse
The Putun/Poton Maya were Central America’s most advanced mariners. They controlled coastal trade around the entire Yucatan peninsula down to
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Maya Trade with Cuba and Florida?
In his research article “Yucatan Channel and Trade,” researcher Ronald Canter compiled the best available evidence of trade contacts between
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Network of Ancient Canals in Florida
The Ortona Mounds site in the Lake Okeechobee region of Florida features a network of canals for canoe travel: The
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Native Americans in Florida built an extensive canal network for canoe travel. The only other such network of canals is
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Mayan Super Highways?
Ancient Maya developed super highways network more than 1,000 years ago Roads of more than 240 kilometers long designed,
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Earliest turkey domestication found in Tennessee
Turkeys figured prominently into pre-contact Native American life, but the first archaeological evidence of probable domestication in the Southeast U.S.
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Etowah Artifacts Come Back To Georgia After A Century In Storage
About a century ago, the Smithsonian collected artifacts from Georgia’s Etowah Indian Mounds. Since then, they’ve been sitting in storage; most haven’t
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Latin American Collections Now Available in Digital Repository
AUSTIN, Texas — More than 500,000 books from the stacks of the Benson Latin American Collection, a trove of treasures
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