Indeed, as Greg Grandin demonstrates in his excellent new book, America, América, US policy toward Latin America has shaped ...

Archaeologists have uncovered fragmented skulls from a Guatemalan cave where people were sacrificed in a brutal Maya ritual ...

The text specifically chronicles the mythology and history of the K’iche’ Maya people of Guatemala which was one of the many groups of Mayan peoples. Popol Vuh is a creation narrative that predates ...

Future research, they said, could also shed more light on life in Central America before the Spanish conquest.

History often paints a complex picture of its key figures. This article delves into the lives of 20 individuals who were ...

It was 2018, and Auld-Thomas was in Guatemala City ... Much of that research focused on the Maya, who before the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Central America, built distinct and sophisticated ...

During the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica in the 16th century ... a ceremonial site in Guatemala. Still,Tikal stands out. “The buildings at Tikal are particularly well built, and they have ...

Across the country (and neighboring Guatemala ... claim to have played as pivotal a role in post-conquest history as Puebla, even after the Spanish had brought an end to the Mesoamerican era.

The Spanish documented that tattoos were symbols of bravery for ... Stela 12 at Piedras Negras, Guatemala; c) a figurine from the site of Pook’s Hill, Belize (Ocarina 79); d) Lintel 26 from Yaxchilan; ...

The course also covers the Spanish background for the Conquest, from the martial and political expulsion ... Maya built cities within the tropical jungles of present-day Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El ...