Summary of Social Complexity in the Nasca Civilization
The Nasca lines of southern Peru acted as a form of materialized ideology. These lines are made up of over 1,000 figures, covering about...
Egyptian Blue Frit
Archaeology looks at how the ancient Egyptians made the blue frit pigment that they widely used in decorations.
Egyptian blue and green Frit are...
Nasca Symbolic Objects and the Materialization of Ideology
An exploration of the emergence of social complexity in the Nasca civilization, through polychrome ceramics, geoglyphs, and ceremonial centers.
Symbolic objects served many purposes...
Late Pleistocene Paleo Indians of the Americas
The peopling of the Americas is hotly debated by archaeologists. Theories abound, though new technologies and discoveries have shed some light on the topic.
The...
An Introduction to Social Complexity in the Nasca Civilization
An exploration of the emergence of social complexity in the Nasca civilization, through polychrome ceramics, geoglyphs, and ceremonial centers.
Known for its abstract iconography...
The Americas – The First Human Settlement
Archaeologists are not in agreement over when the first humans occupied the Americas. However, they do agree that they crossed the Bering Land...
The Family Life and Death of Tutankhamun
Several new findings shed light on the boy king's family tree and mysterious death.
He is easily the most well-known and iconic of the ancient...
The Nasca Ceremonial Center of Cahuachi
Cahuachi was an important means by which ideology was materialized into concrete, tangible culture for the Nasca civilization. This center is not only useful...
Ancient Tomb Could Contain Mayan King
An undisturbed tomb in Guatemala found last May is possibly the final resting place of royalty.
At the Guatemalan site of El Zotz, a team...
Discovery of the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial
As war loomed in the summer of 1939 archaeologists uncovered Britain's richest Anglo-Saxon ship burial in the Suffolk countryside.
Sutton Hoo lies on an...