#ancientpeopledidstuff — Public Fediverse posts

Surgeons performed a successful amputation 31,000 years ago in Borneo - Enlarge / Artist's impression of Tebo 1 in life. (credit: Jose Garcia ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1878722 #ancientpeopledidstuff #biologicalarchaeology #bioarchaeology #anthropology #amputations #archaeology #pleistocene #indonesia #science #surgery #borneo

Archaeologists find hidden chamber beneath ancient Peruvian temple - Enlarge / The circular plaza at Chavin de Huantar—once a ceremonial gat... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1860458 #pre-columbiancivilizations #indigenoussouthamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientsouthamerica #archaeology #science #peru

Archaeologists find hidden chamber beneath ancient Peruvian temple - Enlarge / The circular plaza at Chavin de Huantar—once a ceremonial gat... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1860458 #pre-columbiancivilizations #indigenoussouthamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientsouthamerica #archaeology #science #peru

Ancient Peruvian was buried with tools for cranial surgery - (credit: Sican National Museum)

Archaeologists recently uneart... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1847849 #indigenoussouthamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #indigenouscommunities #ancientsouthamerica #indigenousamericans #archaeology #incanempire #science #surgery #peru

A tsunami wiped out ancient communities the Atacama Desert 3,800 years ago - Enlarge (credit: Salazar et al. 2022)

A recent study of geolog... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1846629 #pre-columbiancivilizations #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientsouthamerica #naturaldisasters #geoarchaeology #atacamadesert #archaeology #earthquakes #tsunamis #science #geology #chile

Earliest known burial in Africa is that of a small, fragile child - Enlarge (credit: Mohammad Javad Shoaee)
78,000 years ago, a child died two to t... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1763016 #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleoanthropology #funeralpractices #humanevolution #middlestoneage #ancientafrica #anthropology #humanculture #archaeology #gravegoods #science #burials

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 giant cat picture was just discovered among the Nazca Lines - Enlarge / The cat is drawn from the side, with its head turned toward the viewer. (credit: Johny Is... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1715622 #pre-columbiancivilizations #indigenoussouthamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientsouthamerica #archaeology #nascalines #nazcalines #geoglyphs #science #nasca #nazca #cats

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

Ancient Peruvian engineering could help solve modern water shortages - Enlarge / Diversion canals channel water into earth-bottomed infiltration canals like this one, whe... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1526321 #pre-columbiancivilizations #ancientinfrastructure #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientsouthamerica #waterinfrastructure #civilengineering #archaeology #science #peru #wari

How to brew ancient Wari beer - Enlarge (credit: Donna Nash)
When the people of the Wari Empire (predecessors of the Inca) abando... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1497851 #pre-columbiancivilizations #southamericanarchaeology #ancientpeopledidstuff #ancientsouthamerica #anthropology #archaeology #science #inca #wari