Before settlers brought their dogs to North America, another lineage of canines accompanied farming communities throughout ...

Tenochtitlán's 700th anniversary will be celebrated in July with a series of events at several of the modern capital’s ...

Archeologists are reconstructing the history of the ancient megacity of Teotihuacán using the nearly 2,000-year-old remains of hundreds of animals and some humans. Recent expeditions in Mexico ...

Join me as I explore the incredible Teotihuacan Pyramids, one of the greatest ancient cities of Mesoamerica! 🏛️ From the towering Pyramid of the Sun to the iconic Pyramid of the Moon, we’ll ...

I am an archaeologist specializing in Mesoamerica: an area that encompassed present-day southern Mexico, parts of Costa Rica and all of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.

Mesoamerica has been confined to the history books for too long; we need to tell the stories of those who suffered, and shine a light on one of the most catastrophic events in human history ...

The Brits formalized the game known globally as football—but its roots date back to ancient China and Mesoamerica. Giovanni Navaro Cornelio, 30, (left) and Arturo Sanchez, 32, play ulama in ...

Archaeological evidence has pointed to the first use of cacao in Mesoamerica about 3,900 years ago. Traditionally, archaeologists have assumed that Mesoamericans were the first not just to use ...

Prehispanic Mesoamerica included areas of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and El Salvador. In addition to Caracol, Mesoamerican cities examined within the article include Chunchucmil, ...

Originating in Mesoamerica, this emblematic food first came to the table shortly after the inception of nixtamal in 1,000 BC — making it one of the first nixtamalized foods, along with atole.

What we do know is that it started in Mesoamerica in what is now Mexico before it made its way down to South America.” In other words, ...