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This is the oldest known use of the Maya calendar - Enlarge / An artist's sketch of what the 300-200 BCE temple complex at ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1848248 #pre-columbiancivilizations #ancientcentralamerica #ancientsouthamerica #mayacalendar #archaeology #mesoamerica #science #maya

Pre-Columbian people in the Atacama raised parrots for their feathers - Enlarge / Scarlet macaws (credit: Abul Az Abu Jamil)
Centuries ago, indigenous South Americans br... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1753032 #pre-columbiancivilizations #indigenoussouthamerica #ancientcentralamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #biologicalarchaeology #indigenouscommunities #ancientsouthamerica #zooarchaeology #atacamadesert #archaeology #science #parrots

A Maya ambassador’s grave reveals his surprisingly difficult life - Enlarge / This painted vessel, which depicts a bird, is one of two found in the ambassador's grave.... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1750214 #pre-columbiancivilizations #biologicalanthropology #ancientcentralamerica #biologicalarchaeology #forensicanthropology #archaeology #gravegoods #skeletons #science #maya

New data on a volcanic eruption that scattered ash across Mayan lands - (credit: Gerardo Aguirre-Díaz)
Maya civilization was blossoming into its golden age when a volcan... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1710090 #pre-columbiancivilizations #ancientcentralamerica #volcaniceruptions #ancientdisasters #archaeology #volcanoes #science #maya

Mercury and algal blooms poisoned Maya reservoirs at Tikal - Enlarge / UC graduate student Brian Lane climbs out of the Perdido Reservoir. (credit: Photo/Nichol... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1688233 #pre-columbiancivilizations #ancientcentralamerica #ancientinfrastructure #harmfulalgalblooms #waterpollution #algalblooms #archaeology #guatemala #cinnabar #science #tikal #maya

3,400-year-old Mesoamerican ball court sheds light on origins of the game - Enlarge (credit: University of Oregon)
Millennia ago, the stone court would have hosted teams of ... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1662190 #pre-columbiancivilizations #ancientcentralamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientsouthamerica #aztecculture #archaeology #mesoamerica #science #mexico #sports #olmec #maya

Warring Maya kingdoms razed enemy cities to the ground - Enlarge / This is all that remains of Naranjo, the city-state that attacked and destroyed neighbori... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1546379 #pre-columbiancivilizations #southamericanarchaeology #ancientcentralamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientsouthamerica #ancientwarfare #sedimentcore #archaeology #science #maya