In Mesa Verde we find stone villages, constructed based on limestone areas, located under ledges and adjacent to limestone mesas, or in the style of cellars in order to take advantage of the coolness in the summer and as a hiding place in the winter. Here ceramics are known, and those of...
The 'salmon-fishers' of North America, the nomadic tribes of the great central plains, and the highly cultured civilizations of Mesoamerica and the Andes are integral components of an extraordinary time in history. Beginning with the emergence of the first civilizations around 1200 BC, this book ...
The Mayans were once considered one of the greatest civilizations in North America, and possibly the world. They built many pyramids and temples to honor their gods and to preserve their religion. Their lives revolved around their king and the sacrifice of his blood. The cultural achievements of...
In a vast and rich region of America, the Maya people created one of the most original and grandiose ancient civilizations. The ancient Mayas did not constitute a homogeneous group, but rather a collection of ethnicities with distinct languages, customs and historic realities, but who share featu...
Along the Indus River in modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Northwestern India, arose one of the earliest human civilizations, the Indus Valley Civilization. Also known as the Harappan, the Indus Valley people flourished in the region for about 2,000 years between 3300 BCE and 1300 BCE and...
A: Itmay have been used by the people who first colonized North America. B: Itmay have been large enough to support life. C: Itwas probably still four meters under water during the glacier maximum. D: It was probably a vast plain. ...
Discover the ancient civilizations. Explore the history of the oldest civilization in the world, study the ancient people and their culture, and...
Pottery was so important to early cultures that scientists now study it to learn more about ancient civilizations. The more advanced the pottery in terms of decoration, materials, glazes, and manufacture, the more advanced the culture itself. The artisan who makes pottery in North America today ...
Mexico’s ancient civilizations were the most sophisticated and formidable in North and Central America. These often highly organized societies didn't just build towering pyramids and sculpt beautiful temples; they could also read the heavens, do complicated mathematics and invent writing systems. Explor...
The Indus began building settlements in present-day India and Pakistan as early as 8,000 years ago, making them one of the earliest civilizations. By the third millennium B.C., they occupied over 386,000 square miles of territory—much more than their better-known contemporaries in Egypt and...