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  Early Native Americans Imported Exotic Parrots, DNA Reveals

  National Geographic - Michael Greshko

  The discovery suggests that scarlet macaws were being bred for trade centuries earlier than previously thought. For more than two millennia, indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica have traded macaws and included their feathers in rituals. The birds held immense symbolic value and represented sun gods in …

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  Feb 13, 2018
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  Research sheds new light on early turquoise mining in Southwest

  eurekalert.org - University of Arizona

  Turquoise is an icon of the desert Southwest, with enduring cultural significance, especially for Native American communities. Yet, relatively little …

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  Prehistoric Native Americans farmed macaws in 'feather factories'

  nature.com - Traci Watson

  Birds were spiritual emblems in pueblos of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Scarlet macaws are tropical birds, but their bones have …

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  Chaco’s Elites Were Natives of Chaco Canyon, Not Migrants, Their Remains Show

  westerndigs.org - Blake de Pastino

  More than a century after the great sandstone monuments of New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon were first studied, archaeologists are finally learning about …

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  Mummified Bird, Baby Found in Cave Shed Light on Earliest Desert Farmers

  westerndigs.org - Blake de Pastino

  Archaeologists called to investigate a cave on a rancher’s property have discovered an unusual burial that’s providing new insights into the ways of …