Consider this ancient ear of maize ... role in introducing maize to societies north of the Rio Grande, a pivotal event as important to North America as the arrival of rice was to China or wheat ...

The study of ancient disasters in America has revealed fascinating insights into how early civilizations dealt ... the greatest pre-Columbian cities north of Mexico, Cahokia.

A study published in the journal Antiquity suggested an ancient South American civilization spiked a beer-like drink with psychoactive drugs as a way of maintaining social cohesion and forging new ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece ... the study of early civilizations in Western Asia and North ...

A dazzling civilization flourished in ... Matt Stirn If you drive north from Khartoum along a narrow desert road toward the ancient city of Meroe, a breathtaking view emerges from beyond the ...

Long before Spanish missionaries arrived, the Santa Barbara coast was home to one of North America’s most complex indigenous civilizations: the Chumash.