reporting from Santiago, Chile — First in a series of dispatches by Carolina A. Miranda exploring the art and architecture of Chile. Chilean architect Smiljan Radic is best known for seemingly coming ...

U.S. and Puerto Rican archaeologists say they have found the best-preserved pre-Columbian site in the Caribbean, which could shed light on virtually every aspect of Indian life in the region, from ...

The pre-Columbian Indian societies that once lived in the Amazon rainforests may have been much larger and more advanced than researchers previously realized. Together with Brazilian colleagues, ...

Scientists were fascinated by the ghostly find: a human skeleton buried in an Aztec temple with a clay, skull-shaped whistle in each bony hand. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

Coprolites and artifacts recovered from the Huecoid and Saladoid archaeological sites. Credit: Chanlatte and Narganes, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ...

Their work resulted in the rediscovery and naming of five of the six known agave species that represent remnant populations of plants domesticated and farmed by pre-contact peoples in today's Arizona ...

More than 10,000 Pre-Columbian archaeological sites likely rest undiscovered throughout the Amazon basin, estimates a new study. The findings, derived from remote sensing data and predictive spatial ...

In his monograph Pyramid, published by Toluca Éditions, photographer Pablo López Luz explores the pre-Columbian influence on modernist architecture in Mexico. Cover of ‘Pyramid’ by Pablo López Luz “It ...

Fishermen from the community of Arumanduba, located in the Médio Solimões region of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, made a discovery. After a 15-meter Paricarana tree fell, they noticed seven giant pre ...

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DNA analysis of mummified poop reveals two pre-Columbian Caribbean cultures ate a wide variety of plants, like maize, sweet potato, and peanuts—and tobacco and cotton traces were detected too, ...