Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong What really caused the collapse of the Maya civilization?

The mangroves of the Mesoamerican Reef were once at the fringe of the ancient Maya civilization. I contemplated slipping a souvenir into my pocket—with such a lode here, what possible harm?

Mesoamerica is today subject to considerable territorial and political transformations. A newly published book emerges from these deep entanglements to critically explore the region’s borderlands, ...

The Maya civilisation began long ago in a place called Mesoamerica. This huge area is made up of Mexico and part of Central America. As far back as 3500 years ago millions of Maya people lived in ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén ... who has been called the "Mesoamerican Charlemagne." His tomb, found by Mexican archeologists in 1952, lies at the bottom ...

The ancient Maya were a brilliant Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in what is now Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, ...

New research by ASM's Associate Director, Dr. James T. Watson, was just published by the University of Utah Press in Reassessing the Aztatlán World: Ethnogenesis and Cultural Continuity in Northwest ...

Known by many names across different civilizations ... sites and sacred sites related to ancient Mesoamerica feature this classic Maya serpent iconography alongside symbols related to the ...

Mesoamerica: During the 5th and 6th centuries BC, the ancient Olmec civilization was coming to an end in Mexico. At the about same time, the Mayan civilization was rapidly expanding in Honduras ...

Jaguar have always disregarded national borders, but some threats are keeping the big cats contained within the territories that they inhabits. The spread of extensive monoculture plantations, illegal ...