Americas: North, Meso & Andes

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (320+ words) A new University of New Mexico co-led research paper on ancient food production in tropical Belize was published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment and provides evidence that people in the Maya speaking region were dedicated farmers thousands of years before…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (452+ words) Karen Seto accepts the 2026 Vautrin Lud Prizen Oct. 4 during the 2026 Festival International de Géographie de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges held at the Espace Georges Sadoul in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France. Courtesy: ADFIG - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges A pioneer of satellite analysis of urbanization and global environmental change, Seto…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (923+ words) High on a volcanic hill in central Mexico, inside a shallow cave now reachable only by rappelling down a steep escarpment, three faded red paintings have survived for roughly 1,500 years. One appears to name the mountain itself. Another invokes warriors…...

1+ week, 14+ min ago   (368+ words) A single molar can provide new clues about the knowledge and skills of the ancient Maya in dentistry. A study published (source in Spanish) in the journal 'Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports' analyses a lower first permanent molar with a…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (585+ words) Four preserved bodies found beneath a Wari temple may show the empire expanded through cooperation with the Nazca rather than violent conquest; CT scans, DNA and isotope tests could reveal migration, kinship and diet...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (435+ words) The research, published in Ancient Mesoamerica by Cambridge University Press, dates the vase to approximately 812 C.E. and suggests that it was probably produced in western Belize, possibly near the ancient site of Baking Pot. The object itself has not been located....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (824+ words) Home - Trending - Archaeologists working along Mexico’s Maya Train found ray barb fragments and a catfish spine in burials near the Usumacinta River and are studying whether the Maya used them to draw their own blood Three fragments of ray barbs…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (460+ words) In a small cave perched on a Mexican cliff, three red marks had all but vanished from view. It took a return trip and a bit of digital wizardry to bring them back, and what emerged points to a link…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (321+ words) The Balam Tun Memory Park holds Mayan structures that were relocated to make way for the Maya Train railway that runs through Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Courtesy National Institute of Anthropology and History The 1,554km Maya Train began operating in December 2023, running…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (540+ words) Three red-painted glyphs found inside a cave at Chalcatzingo, Mexico, point to Teotihuacan rituals held there during the fourth to sixth centuries CE. Chalcatzingo is known for its Olmec-style art, much of which dates from about 900 to 500 BCE. The site…...