The Aztecs and the Mayans are the most popular among the Mesoamerican civilizations, but the Olmecs came first.

Origins and development of Mesoamerican civilization / Janine Gasco and Michael E. Smith -- Mesoamerica at Spanish contact / Robert M. Carmack -- Mesoamerica and Spain : the conquest / Louise M.

An extremely important 1-ton sculpture, sometimes referred to by archaeologists as an “Earth Monster” or Monument 9, was repatriated to Mexico from a private collection in Colorado in May 2023, ...

A CU-Boulder anthropologist and a collaborator from Florida have won a $230,000 grant to examine the role of religion in the social and political innovations that led to the emergence of Mesoamerican ...

Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and some interesting parallels relative to today. Ancient civilizations that ...

They located the ruins by analyzing 3D mapping data collected from the air using lasers. These sites shed light on the development of the Olmec and Maya civilizations. Several millennia ago, the Olmec ...

Archeologists digging near Mexico’s Gulf Coast have discovered the earliest-known example of writing in Mesoamerica, pushing the date for the appearance of this cultural breakthrough back by at least ...

MANKATO — An archaeologist who discovered an ancient city in Belize and mapped Mayan ruins in Mexico is coming to Minnesota State University. Edwin Barnhart, director of the Maya Exploration Center, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – An extremely important 1-ton sculpture, sometimes referred to by archaeologists as an “Earth Monster” or Monument 9, was repatriated to Mexico from a private collection in ...