Archaeologists have used new techniques to study the ancient equivalents of modern kitchen tools used by Native Americans thousands of years ago. Today, we have the mortar, pestle and cutting board.

but it remains the oldest American culture we know much about. Initially discovered between the rib bones of large, extinct mammals, Clovis points were long viewed as hunting tools. Similarly ...

DNA supports modern Picuris Pueblo accounts of ancestry going back more than 1,000 years to Chaco Canyon society.