Dr. Tim Pauketat wants to change the way people think about pre-Columbian America. "Most people tend not to think of history before the arrival of Columbus, and they think of the ancient past as ...

Mexico and South America are noted for three important pre-Columbian civilizations: the Maya, the Inca and the Aztec. But there is a fourth, and often unrecognized, important civilization in North ...

Archaeologists are interested in moments in time when big changes happened, such as when free-wandering hunters and gatherers settled down and took up farming; or when small dispersed farming ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- The latest event at the Towosahgy State Historic Site near East Prairie offers visitors a chance to learn about the region's true first farmers. Set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday ...

A University of California, Berkeley, archaeologist has dug up ancient human feces, among other demographic clues, to challenge the narrative around the legendary demise of Cahokia, North America's ...

A discovery of flint chips on the ground in an area of New Lenox in the mid-1980s led to one of the biggest archaeological finds in the south suburbs, according to local archaeologist Les Marszalek.

An archaeologist has dug up ancient human feces, among other demographic clues, to challenge the narrative around the legendary demise of Cahokia, North America's most iconic pre-Columbian metropolis.