The mystery of the ancient Maya civilisation’s sudden demise appears to have been solved in Belize, and it’s sparked a growing interest in Maya-themed vacations, according to The Lodge at Chaa Creek.
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Jan 06, 2015 | Anthropology in the news from Texas A&M University
A new study suggests that dogs may have first successfully migrated to the Americas only about 10,000 years ago, thousands of years after the first human migrants crossed a land bridge from Siberia to North America.
Jan 04, 2015 | Peru This Week
Signs reveal a possible link between the ancient Shang culture of China and pre-Inca groups of the Americas, according to experts.Artistic depictions in the archaeology depict all too similar themes and characters between the two otherwise very...
Jan 02, 2015 | http://www.inah.gob.mx/
Descubrimientos que abren nuevas rutas en el conocimiento de las culturas prehispánicas y de los ancestros de poblaciones nativas de América, figuraron en 2014 gracias al trabajo multidisciplinario e interinstitucional liderado por el Instituto...
Dec 30, 2014 | Recent News on Artdaily.org
This past Wednesday, December 17th, marked the 224th Anniversary of the discovery of the emblematic monument currently on display in the Mexica Hall of the National Anthropology Museum. After more than 200 years of being buried, the Aztec Sun Stone...
Dec 28, 2014 | http://www.inah.gob.mx/
Las exposiciones Mayas, revelación de un tiempo sin fin; Aztecas. Conquista y gloria y Mayas, el lenguaje de la belleza han cautivado a públicos de tierras lejanas como Nueva Zelanda, Australia, China, Brasil y Francia, donde actualmente muestran...
Dec 24, 2014 | Live Science
The ancient Mayan civilization collapsed due to a century-long drought, new research suggests.Minerals taken from Belize's famous underwater cave, known as the Blue Hole, as well as lagoons nearby, show that an extreme drought occurred between A...
Dec 22, 2014 | Recent News on Artdaily.org
The exhibition “100 Years of the Great Temple: History of a Discovery” reconstructs, through never before published information, the first investigations begun a century ago by the archeologist and anthropologist Manuel Gamio at the site...
Dec 19, 2014 | http://www.inah.gob.mx/
En el Amazonas, el bosque tropical más grande del mundo y donde se concentra el 10 por ciento de la biodiversidad, habitan comunidades que a través de una cultura de reciprocidad mantienen un respetuoso equilibrio con este ecosistema, a ellas está...
Dec 18, 2014 | Anthropology in the news from Texas A&M University
Greenpeace will co-operate with an investigation by a Peruvian court to determine responsibility for damage caused by activists at the Nazca Lines, the group's chief executive has said.
Dec 17, 2014 | http://www.inah.gob.mx/
Dentro del Programa Nacional de Conservación de Manifestaciones Gráfico Rupestres, el Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) impartió en Mexicali, Baja California, una serie de talleres infantiles para que este sector de la población...
Dec 17, 2014 | Heritage Daily
In what MAI Director James Adovasio, Ph.D., describes as the most extensive Paleoindian excavation currently under way in all of North America, that being the Old Vero Man site where Sellards drew his now century-old conclusions, evidence uncovered...
Dec 16, 2014 | http://www.inah.gob.mx/
Luego de permanecer enterrada más de 200 años, la Piedra del Sol, monumento colosal que sintetiza el conocimiento astronómico que desarrolló la sociedad mexica antes de la conquista española, fue localizada de manera fortuita el 17 de diciembre de...
Dec 16, 2014 | Recent News on Artdaily.org
Some 250 sacred Native American, Eskimo and pre-Colombian artefacts went under the hammer in France on Monday despite strong opposition from the Navajo and Hopi tribes who travelled to Paris to try to halt the sale. It was the fourth time in two...
Dec 15, 2014 | Anthropology in the news from Texas A&M University
(Phys.org)—The ancient Maya city of Tikal may have used intensive agricultural practices to maintain its large population, according to a study by David Lentz of the University of Cincinnati and colleagues. While these practices enabled...
Dec 15, 2014 | Anthropology in the news from Texas A&M University
Archaeologists at Indiana University and the University of Illinois have been awarded two grants totaling $640,000 to continue and expand their research at Cahokia Mounds, site of the largest and possibly the most sophisticated pre-Columbian city...
Dec 15, 2014 | Popular Archaeology
An international team of researchers argue that the reason for the collapse of the great ancient Maya city of Tikal during the 9th century CE was likely due to a lethal combination of persistent recurring episodes of drought and some of the very...
Dec 15, 2014 | Recent News on Artdaily.org
An auction on Monday of sacred masks and objects in France has stirred fresh anger among Native Americans, with representatives of the Navajo people travelling to Paris to try and halt the latest sale. The Eve auction house has 270 Native American,...
Dec 10, 2014 | http://www.inah.gob.mx/
Como un proyecto pionero en el país, especialistas del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) coordinaron la edición en lengua maya de la Constitución Política del Estado de Yucatán y la publicación bilingüe (maya-español) de la Ley...
Dec 10, 2014 | Popular Archaeology
An international team of archaeologists under the joint directorship of Dr. Maria Lozada of the University of Chicago, Dr. Hans Barnard of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology of UCLA, and Lic. Augusto Cardona Rosas of the Centro de Investigaciones...