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Archaeologists have recently unearthed a remarkable find from Andean tombs: gold masks that are approximately 4,500 years old. These ancient artifacts offer fascinating insights into the cultures and ...

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient South American temple they say has helped pull back the curtain on the workings of its enigmatic Andean civilization. Known as the Tiwanaku, the ...

The Peruvian Andes have long concealed a mystery: a 1.5-kilometer stretch of 5,200 precisely carved holes etched into the barren slopes of Monte Sierpe. First documented in the 1930s, these enigmatic ...

Arlington, Va.- The Norte Chico ("little North") region midway on the Peruvian coast contains the earliest known evidence of a cohesive, large-scale and organized society in the Andean region. Recent ...

ANTH copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of Jayne H. Plank. "John V. Murra's Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures, originally given in 1969, are the only major study of the Andean ...

The Boca Raton Museum of Art is known for its wide range of Pre-Colombian and African art, but a new temporary exhibit will help the South Florida museum finding its foothold within globally ...

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Researchers looked at data about violence over centuries in the area that is now Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia. (Getty Images) The extent to which “civilization” heightens or lessens the likelihood ...

The extent to which “civilization” heightens or lessens the likelihood of violent conflict throughout human history has remained one of the most enduring questions among anthropologists. But a new ...