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, ...

A new study co-authored by University of Central Florida researchers shows that pre-Columbian people of a culturally diverse but not well-documented area of the Amazon in South America significantly ...

A mammoth exhibition of Pre-Columbian art assembled by the Otis Art Institute is reviewed by an eminent Pre-Columbian scholar. The overcrowding of this material in the two connecting galleries at Otis ...

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Speculation surrounding Peru's controversial tridactyl Nazca mummies has long divided investigators between science fiction ...

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 ...

Explore the enigma of Pre-Columbian gold, tracing ancient American metallurgy, sacred meanings, and cultural significance.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Twenty-three pre-Columbian Taino cultural artifacts illegally imported to the United States were returned to the Dominican Republic Dec. 6, during a repatriation ceremony ...

The impact of pre-Columbian arts overshadows the other sections. The pre-Columbian, the largest part of the exhibition, demonstrates the variety of artistic expressions in different regions of Mexico ...

NOGALES, Ariz. - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) returned 277 pre-Columbian artifacts to Mexican officials Tuesday during a repatriation ceremony in the Mexican Consulate in Nogales. The pieces ...

A new study shows that pre-Columbian people of a culturally diverse but not well-documented area of the Amazon in South America significantly altered their landscape thousands of years earlier than ...