Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong What really caused the collapse of the Maya civilization?

LiDAR was the key technology that enabled Ramón Celis to uncover the full scale of Guiengola. Unlike traditional ...

Their diet was primarily maize–or corn–a primary staple food for humans in Mesoamerica. Many civilizations believed human beings were created from maize and it was important religious and ...

Many Mesoamerican civilizations believed humans were created from maize, and the prominence of maize in the diets of sacrificial animals emphasizes its cultural and religious importance.

The Zapotec civilization, one of Mesoamerica's earliest societies, built Monte Alban, among North America's first major cities. This urban center housed 25,000 people and endured for over 1,200 years.

Digital codes run the world now, and coders have great amounts of power over society. Enrique Chagoya’s “Codex YTREBIL” is ...

Learn about the abandoned Zapotec city of Guiengola in Oaxaca, Mexico, featuring a society based on communal work that would ...

New research by ASM's Associate Director, Dr. James T. Watson, was just published by the University of Utah Press in Reassessing the Aztatlán World: Ethnogenesis and Cultural Continuity in Northwest ...

Many believe these skulls were carved thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago by an ancient Mesoamerican civilization. Others think they may be relics from the legendary island of ...

A recently published study has unveiled the true nature of Guiengola, a sprawling Zapotec enclave in the southern part of ...