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Yucatec Maya moms breastfeed longer after c-section
Indigenous mothers in farming communities in Yucatán, Mexico, breastfeed for about 1.5 months longer following cesarean deliveries than they do following vaginal deliveries, research finds. Researcher...
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Backyard in Mexico yields lost Maya kingdom
The long-lost capital of the ancient Maya kingdom Sak Tz’i’ has turned up in the backyard of a Mexican cattle rancher. Charles Golden, associate professor of anthropology at Brandeis University, in...
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Team finds the biggest, oldest Maya monument
The Maya civilization may have developed more rapidly than archaeologists once thought, according to new research. The findings also hint at less social inequality than in later periods. From the...
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Stuff from ancient poop shows Maya population fell due to climate
A new study shows that the size of the Maya population in the lowland city of Itzan (in present-day Guatemala) varied over time in response to climate change. The findings show that both droughts and...
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Lidar reveals nearly 500 ancient ceremonial sites in Mexico
Researchers have uncovered nearly 500 ceremonial sites that transform previous understanding of Mesoamerican civilization origins and the relationship between the Olmec and the Maya people. The...
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Lasers shake up ideas about the fall of the Maya
New research shakes up what we know about the fall of ancient Maya kingdoms. A severe, prolonged drought created an agricultural crisis that swept all of the Maya kingdoms into history. Or, at least...
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Ancient pits shed light on Maya tamales and indoor toilets
Two small circular pits dug into the corner of a Guatemalan home a millennium ago offer clues to how the Maya people turned maize into tamales and what they used to flush indoor toilets, a new study...
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Drought, conflict destroyed prehistoric city of Mayapan
Climate and conflict entwined when the prehistoric Maya city of Mayapan fell apart, research shows. An extended period of turmoil in Mayapan, in the Yucatan region of Mexico, involved population...
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Cacao wasn’t just for ancient Maya elite
Among ancient Mayas, cacao was accessible to the general populace and not just enjoyed by the society’s very upper echelons, royalty, a new study shows. Said to be a gift from the gods, cacao for the...
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Maya people shopped at places like today’s supermarkets
More than 500 years ago in the midwestern Guatemalan highlands, Maya people bought and sold goods at markets with far less oversight from their rulers than archeologists previously thought. That’s...
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