Archaeology
Archaeologists use the remains of the past to help solve the puzzles of history. Whether you are curious about ancient cultures or are considering a career as an archaeologist yourself, these resources can help you put it all together.
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Heinrich Schliemann and the Discovery of Troy
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Ceiba pentandra: The Sacred Tree of the Maya
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Tlaloc the Aztec God of Rain and Fertility
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History of Alcohol: A Timeline
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Ancient Farming - Concepts, Techniques, and Experimental Archaeology
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Kiva - Ancestral Pueblo Ceremonial Structures
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Tezcatlipoca: Aztec God of Night and Smoking Mirrors
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Ritual Objects of the Ancient Taino of the Caribbean Islands
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Proto-Cuneiform: Earliest Form of Writing on Planet Earth
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Understanding Ancient Maya Storage Systems
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The Geology and Archaeology of Sinkholes
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The Narmer Palette
Homo Erectus (or H. heidelbergensis) Colonization in Europe
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Ancient Dancing Girl of Mohenjo-Daro
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Chaac, the Ancient Mayan God of Rain, Lightning, and Storms
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Complete Guide to the Denisovans, a Newer Hominid Species
Maya Bloodletting Rituals - Ancient Sacrifice to Speak to the Gods
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Hammerstone: The Simplest and Oldest Stone Tool
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The Invention of the Wheel and Wheeled Vehicles
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The Khmer Empire Water Management System
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Huitzilopochtli
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The Three Sisters: the Traditional Intercropping Agricultural Method
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Sacbe, the Ancient Maya Road System
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Itzamná: The Mayan Supreme Being and Father of the Universe
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Spindle Whorls
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The Dust Veil Environmental Disaster of AD 536
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Hunahpu and Xbalanque — The Maya Hero Twins
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Arrowheads and Other Projectile Points
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Venus of Laussel: 20,000 Year Old Goddess
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Precolumbian Jade
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The Evolution of Stone Tools
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Clay Token System
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Nok Art Was Early Sculptural Pottery in West Africa
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Last Glacial Maximum - The Last Major Global Climate Change
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Lady Dai's Funeral Banner
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Pyramid of the Niches at El Tajin
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History of the Quiché Maya
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Mesoamerican Calendar
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Searching for Mabila
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Guide to the Châtelperronian
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Neanderthals - Study Guide
Lyuba the Baby Mammoth
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Grauballe Man (Denmark) - European Iron Age Bog Body
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Tonatiuh, the Aztec God of the Sun, Fertility and Sacrifice
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Levallois Technique - Middle Paleolithic Stone Tool Working
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Bow and Arrow Hunting
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John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood
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Step Pyramid of Djoser - Ancient Egypt's First Monumental Pyramid
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Moundbuilder Myth - History and Death of a Legend
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic: Farming and Feasting Before Pottery
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How Gustaf Kossinna Mapped the Nazis' European Empire
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The Archaeology of Peru and the Central Andes
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The Toltecs - Semi-Mythical Legend of the Aztecs
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Climate Change: The Archaeological Evidence
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Mongooses
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Laetoli - 3.5 Million Year Old Hominin Footprints in Tanzania
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How were the Americas Populated?
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Ground Sloths - An American Survivor of the Megafaunal Extinction
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Diego de Landa (1524-1579), Bishop and Inquisitor of Early Colonial Yucatan
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The Origin of Pulque
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Toumaï (Chad) Our Ancestor Sahelanthropus tchadensis