Skip to content “We built this city on good cacao” does have a nice ring to it. Etowah as it […]
Tag: Pre-Columbian civilizations
Centuries before the Inca, Peru’s wealthy imported parrots from afar
The Inca Empire’s system of roads were built on centuries-old trade routes. This large, elaborate Ychsma funerary bundle features a […]
Incan numerical recordkeeping system may have been widely used
Women in STEM: Inca Edition In the late 1500s, a few decades after the khipu in this recent study was […]
Painted altar in Maya city of Tikal reveals aftermath of ancient coup
It’s always about colonialism The altar marks the presence of an enclave of foreign elites from Teotihuacan. This rendering shows […]