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