archaeology

Teotihuacán is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in the Basin of Mexico, roughly 40 kilometers northeast of modern Mexico City. It flourished between approximately 100 BCE a...

The Olmec heartland lies along Mexico’s Gulf Coast, principally within the modern states of Veracruz and Tabasco. This lowland zone, characterized by rivers, wetlands, and coa...

Tulum is a post‑classic Maya walled city on the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, overlooking the Caribbean Sea. While often referred to as the Tulum Aztec ruins, the site was prima...

Excavating Easter Island’s moai begins with careful documentation, surface survey, and minimal intervention to preserve context. Teams map the landscape, record elevation and...

The term mound builders refers to several Indigenous cultures across Eastern and Central North America that are primarily known for constructing large earthen mounds for ceremon...

The short answer is that the mound builders did not vanish; many of their descendants are part of present-day Indigenous nations, while archaeologists explain mound sites throug...

The Moai are large stone statues created by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island, a remote volcanic island in the southeastern Pacific. Carved between roughly 1200 and 1500 CE,...

The Olmec Heartland refers to the tropical lowlands along the Gulf of Mexico coast in what is now southern Veracruz and northern Tabasco, Mexico. This region is widely considere...

The Moai, often called Easter Island heads, are stone figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). They represent ancestors and embody important cultural a...

Stories of giant skeletons in Ohio circulate widely online, but credible archaeology tells a more nuanced and less sensational story. In the United States, including Ohio, large...