Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Magazine

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  Villages in the Sky - Archaeology Magazine

  archaeology.org - MATT STIRN

  The Wind River Range in the Rocky Mountains stretches 100 miles across northwestern Wyoming and the Continental Divide, extending from the thick pine …

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  Canadian researchers help find evidence of ancient ochre mine in Mexican caves

  CBC News - The Associated Press

  The caves are vast, pitch-black, full of twists and turns and treacherously tight in spots. New research reveals why ancient inhabitants of Mexico's …

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  Scratching the surface: drones cast new light on mystery of Nazca Lines

  The Guardian - Dan Collyns

  A faded decades-old black-and-white photograph was the only lead Johny Isla had when he set out on the trail of a sea monster. The Peruvian archaeologist spotted the image at a 2014 exhibition in Germany about the Nazca Lines, the vast and intricate desert images which attract tens of thousands of …

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  Native South Americans were early inhabitants of Polynesia

  nature.com - Paul Wallin

  DNA analysis of Polynesians and Native South Americans has revealed an ancient genetic signature that resolves a long-running debate over Polynesian …

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  Researchers document the first use of maize in Mesoamerica

  phys.org - University of New Mexico

  Almost any grocery store is filled with products made from corn, also known as maize, in every aisle: fresh corn, canned corn, corn cereal, taco …

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  Buried with snails

  si.edu

  May 18, 2020 Tens of thousands of tiny bone fragments reveal eating habits, ceremonial practices and the development of animal domestication during …