Glossary: I Terms

Ice Free Corridor
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.

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

Inca Civilization
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.

Indigenous Peoples
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.

Indus Civilization Timeline and Description
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

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

Itzamná
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.

Islamic Civilization
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.

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

Ivory
Ivory is what we call the teeth of whales, pigs, rhinoceros and elephants: and a substance of great interest to ancient and modern humans.

Iulia Felix (Italy)
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.

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

La Isabela (Dominican Republic)
La Isabela was a the name of a failed colony, established on Hispaniola by Christopher Columbus and 1500 of his followers in 1494.

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