Glossary: I Terms

Since at least the 1930s, the "Ice Free Corridor" hypothesis was the accepted human colonization route for the American continents; but the hypothesis has since been discarded.

The Iceman (aka Otzi) is the name of a 5,300-year-old human body discovered high in the Swiss/Italian Alps in 1991.

Igbo Ukwu is an archaeological site near the modern town of Onitsha, southeastern Nigeria.

Ile-Ife is the traditional home of the Yoruba civilization, and an archaeological site located in southwestern Nigeria.

The Inca civilization was the largest pre-hispanic empire of South America when it was 'discovered' by the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century AD.

The term indigenous or aboriginal peoples or, more simply aborigines, is an anthropological term referring generally to the native people of an area, in contrast to invading or colonizing peoples.

The Indus civilization (also known as the Harappan Civilization, the Indus-Sarasvati or Hakra Civilization) is one of the oldest societies we know of, including over 2600 known archaeological sites located along the Indus and Sarasvati rivers in Pakistan and India

The Iron Age is part of the Three Age System developed by Danish museum director C.J. Thomsen, to deal with his ungainly collections.

Itzamna was an important god to the ancient Maya civilization of Latin America. He was the god of creation and the inventor of writing, and divination.

The Islamic Civilization is in reality an amalgam of wide variety of cultures, from North Africa to the western periphery of the Pacific Ocean, and from Central Asia to sub-Saharan Africa.

The Ivory Bangle Lady was a wealthy Roman woman from North Africa, buried in the Roman town of York.

The Iulia Felix (also spelled Julia Felix) is the name of a Roman ship wrecked in the Adriatic Sea six miles off the coast of the town Grado during the last part of the 2nd century or first half of the 3rd century AD.

La Isabela is the name of the first European town established in the Americas, settled by Christopher Columbus and 1500 of his followers in 1494, and abandoned in 1498.

The Inca road system (called Capaq Ñan or Gran Ruta Inca) was an essential part of the success of the Inca Empire

Ix Chel or Ixchel is the name of the ancient Maya moon goddess, tje patron deity of fertility, childbirth and weaving.