The dead did not vanish but were transformed. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction Across the high...
Mesoamerica
Many of the cities the Aztecs had subjugated were only too willing to join forces with the...
Notions of self or personhood. Introduction From the portraits of Benin kings and queens to the busts of Roman patricians, the history...
Colonial legacies remain. By Dr. Elena Jackson AlbarránAssociate Professor of History and Global and Intercultural StudiesMiami University...
Ideology the Spanish used to take over the ‘New World’. By Dr. Diego Javier LuisAssistant Professor of...
The cause of the collapse of the Classic Maya civilization is one of the great archaeological mysteries...
The Spanish conquistadors arrived in the Americas in the final decade of the 15th century. Introduction The...
Visual teaching tools used by missionaries for converting the Indigenous population of Central Mexico to Christianity. Introduction...
In the annals of history, one civilization stands out for its remarkable understanding of the cosmos—the mighty...
The color Black and even Black or Blackened skin held positive connotations in Mesoamerican worldview. Introduction A...
The sun loomed large in ancient Maya conceptions of the world. By Elizabeth Svoboda At the ancient...
While Mesoamerican cultures shared some features, they were also incredibly diverse. Introduction This article considers a time...
Exploring the cultures of the Aztec, Huastec, and TaÃno – and the monumental changes from the Spanish...
After the fall of Tenochtitlan, the remaining Aztec warriors and civilians fled the city as the Spanish...
The deity Itzamna was frequently credited with bringing the knowledge of the calendrical system to the ancestral...
It seems to have been thought that these would restrict the dog’s movement between worlds. Introduction Dogs...
Exploring some of the most important achievements of the Mayan civilization. Introduction Suppose you could fly over...
These texts excruciatingly detail the human horror and the treachery of a mass murder, now known as...
The sacred festivities date back to to the foundation of the city Tenochtitlan in the 14th century....
Works of Mesoamerican art often include references to calendars and time. Introduction We think of calendars as...
Exploring the Aztecs, a Mesoamerican people who built a vast empire in what is today central Mexico...
The Aztec painted language operated at two levels – identifying glyphs and strategic placement and presentation. Writing...
Other Mesoamerican cultures also engaged in human sacrifice and built tzompantlis, but the Mexica brought it to...
This would have been placed in a grave to embody the shaman’s power that would help the...
Aztec culture had complex mythological and religious traditions. Introduction The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central...
By 2000 BCE, many agrarian village communities had been settled throughout the Andes and the surrounding regions....
The sculpture was recovered at the House of the Eagles, the meeting place of eagle and jaguar...
Lake Titicaca was long considered the origin and centre of the cosmos by the local populace and...
These burial places formed the centers of small-scale chiefdoms and shared a set of sculptural motifs and...
The observation of the sky was of considerable importance to the Maya, Aztecs and other prehisanic peoles...