Maya Olive Shell Skull Face Pendant. Southern Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula, and Guatemala. Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 AD. - Galeria Contici
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Vest made up entirely of beads made from Spondylus shells (Ca. 600-1500 AD), housed at the Museo La Florida in Quito, Equador [2448 × 3264]
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Maya Olive Shell Skull Face Pendant. Southern Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula, and Guatemala. Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 AD. - Galeria Contici. [3517x5277]
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Maya Olive Shell Skull Face Pendant. Southern Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula, and Guatemala. Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 AD. - Galeria Contici
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ANCIENT BODY ART: LASERS HELP ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER TATTOOS ON 13TH-CENTURY PERUVIAN MUMMIES
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Archaeologists reveal vast Aztec trade networks behind ancient obsidian artifacts
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Chan Chan: Outrage as Peru archaeological site defaced!
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Jamacoaque Anthropozoomorphic Plate. Manabi, Ecuador. ca. 500 BC. - 1530 AD. - Museo Casa del Alabado
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Moche Stirrup Vessel depicting a Lobster. Moche II phase. Peru. ca. 200-450 AD.
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Riches of the Classic Mississippian Civilization
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Early Mochica Frog Vessel. Peru. ca. 300-100 BC. - Gelerie Deletaille
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La Tolita - Tumaco Shaman in Full Transition. Ecuador. ca. 500 BC - 500 AD.
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Moche Stirrup Condor Vessel. Peru. ca. 100 - 800 AD. - MUSEO CHILENO DE ARTE PRECOLOMBINO
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An interpretation of a person from the Paracas culture (Perú). 700 b.c. - 200 a.d. - Félix Andrade
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Calima Indigenous man in his golden outfit at the Gold Museum in Cali, Colombia
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Olmec Sitting Figure with Head Garment. Mexico. Preclassic period. ca. 1400 – 400 BC. - Latin American Studies
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Valdivian – Chorrera Feline Stone Mortar. Ecuador. ca. 2000 B.C. – 300 B.C. - Galeria Contici [2160x1795]
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A Pueblo tribe recruited scientists to reclaim its ancient American history - Picuris Pueblo oral histories talk of long-ago ties to Chaco Canyon. DNA now backs that up
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Maya Jadeite Bowl. Late Classic from Guaytan, Guatemala. ca. 600-900 AD.
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Colima Tripod Parrot Leg Olla. West Mexico. Classic Period, ca. 100 BC - 250 AD. - Galeria Contici
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Costa Rican Basalt Circular Metate with Masked Shaman Caryatids. ca. 1000-1500 AD. - Barakat Gallery
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New clues suggest people reached the Americas around 30,000 years ago - Ancient bones from a Mexican rock-shelter point to humans arriving earlier than often assumed
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Chancay Ceramic in the form of a Crab. Peru. ca. 1200 - 1470 AD.
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