Researchers looked at 24 cities the western half of Mesoamerica founded between 1000 and 300 BCE, centuries ... The landscape of the western United States is full of the boom and bust towns that ...

Rediscovering a long-lost landscape Archaeologists discover the largest—and oldest—Maya monument ever The huge earthen platform discovered in Tabasco, Mexico, dates back 3,000 years.

Using advanced laser mapping technology known as Lidar, archaeologists have uncovered pyramids, sports fields, causeways, plazas, and amphitheaters within this extensive urban landscape, believed ...

Archaeologists discovered 478 Mesoamerican monuments hidden in the jungles of southeastern Mexico. They located the ruins by analyzing 3D mapping data collected from the air using lasers.

The Aztecs who conquered the city of Xaltocan in ancient Mexico around 1435 may have fundamentally changed the genetic makeup of the people who lived there, new research suggests.

Wild animals were routinely captured and traded in ancient Mesoamerica. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 09 / 180912144430.htm ...

New evidence from the Maya city of Copan, in Honduras, reveals that ancient Mesoamericans routinely captured and traded wild animals for symbolic and ritual purposes, according to a study ...

That lidar survey found 21 other monumental platforms, clustered in groups around the region. But Aguada Fenix is by far the largest—in fact, it’s the largest single Maya structure ...