Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

Will the peoples of the Jaguar enjoy one last pre-columbian golden age? Including a new map: Mesoamerica! Advertisement All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Ozymandias: Mesoamerica Great ...

During at least part of the Classic Maya era — around 250 to 900 A.D ... Dr. Martin called the region an “empty zone” on archaeologists’ maps. Dr. Sprajc, 67, said the expedition ...

In 1949, Robert Garrett, Class of 1897, donated 18 Mesoamerican manuscripts and documents to the Princeton University Library (PUL). Spanning from the 16th to 20th centuries, the donation included ...

In Mesoamerican cosmology, such caves as Tlayócoc were regarded as entrances to Mictlan, the underworld, and as the very origin of life and fertility. The mythical Quetzalcoatl, for instance ...

Mesoamerica extends roughly from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua (regional map). Ancient rubber makers harvested latex from rubber trees and mixed it with juice from morning glory vines ...