This was a ritual device intended to promote agricultural fertility. Introduction Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, in...
Latin America
The Portuguese colonization of Brazil was initially quite different from the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Introduction...
A seminal manuscript tells the Indigenous side of a historic battle. Competing Histories This May marks 500...
Impacts of the Spanish invasion on the pre-Columbian cultures of the Americas. Spanish Treasure In the age...
Other Mesoamerican cultures also engaged in human sacrifice and built tzompantlis, but the Mexica brought it to...
Aztec civilization sustained millions of people and developed over thousands of years isolated from European and Asian...
Even with the clash of cultures, the Inka (among other peoples) adapted to the new circumstances, as...
This would have been placed in a grave to embody the shaman’s power that would help the...
Bolivar has become known as the chief architect of Latin America’s independence. Introduction Simón José Antonio de...
The Muisca people are considered to have had one of the most developed political systems in South...
The tlacuilo (codex painter) tradition endured the transition to colonial culture. Introduction Aztec codices (singular codex) are...
Aztec culture had complex mythological and religious traditions. Introduction The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central...
They are remembered for their contributions to religion, architecture, and their famous network of roads through the...
Red handprints can be found on the walls of a number of Maya sites and are associated...
The main legacy of the civilization was its power to inspire, including that of later resistance groups...
Introduction The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican culture, noted for having the only known fully developed written...
In pre-Columbian times, most of modern Central America was part of the Mesoamerican civilization. Introduction Central America...
By 2000 BCE, many agrarian village communities had been settled throughout the Andes and the surrounding regions....
Examining Mexico’s international strategy of economic development in these turbulent years. Introduction: Latin America’s Development Strategies versus...
In the 18th Century, most travelers and explorers had painters and illustrators at their sides who recorded...
The site features architecture, from houses to terraces, built by carefully fitting individual stones against each other....
Over the course of 700 years, the site drew many worshipers to its temple. Chavín de Huántar...
By Mark CartwrightHistorian Yaxchilan, located on the banks of the Usumacinta River in the Yucatán peninsula of...
Tikal built its wealth by exploiting its natural resources and geographical location to become a Maya superpower....
The sculpture was recovered at the House of the Eagles, the meeting place of eagle and jaguar...
The Mexica were a migrant people from the desert north who arrived in Mesoamerica in the 1300s....
The Portuguese colonization of Brazil was like that of Spanish Latin America. The Portuguese Colonization of Brazil...
The Spanish gained an early foothold in the colonies, quickly becoming the most powerful European power in...
Lake Titicaca was long considered the origin and centre of the cosmos by the local populace and...
Works by artists like Velasco, Troya, Chartrand, and Oller offer an alternative to depictions by foreign artists....