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Did the Olmec Civilization originate in Louisiana?

A Louisiana archaeologist has accumulated evidence of a mound building culture that thrived for almost 2,000 years in the Lower Mississippi River...
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The Mysterious Magnetic Heads

Sometime around the year 1500 B.C a mysterious culture arrived on the lower Gulf coast of Mexico. Their gigantic multi-ton carvings displayed...
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It's Gneiss To Be Needed: Part Two

At Takalik A’Baj and north of the central plaza is a very unusual monument: known as Stele 18, it’s composed of the mineral known as...
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The Sacred Spot aka Structure 6

In archeological parlance the location is noted as being Structure 6, in the center of three buildings built along the east-west axis on Terrace #3...
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No leather jacket, bullwhip or a .38

Behind the facade of any archeological project is an exercise in patience, a process of careful analysis and long hours of tedious toil. The old...
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Mayan Marvels of Engineering

Sometime, estimated to be around two thousand years ago, the ten terraces that compose the known different levels of the 6.5 kilometer National...
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Takalik Abaj and the Rubber People: Part Two

The Olmec and later the Maya were great traders, who traveled long distances in large sea-going canoes carrying crews of twenty or more. Columbus...
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Takalik Abaj and the Rubber People: Part One

Some 3000 years ago the Olmec traders cum invaders from the Mexican Gulf coast are thought have founded the site currently known as Abaj Takalik ...
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Behind the scenes of Takalik Abaj: Day 1.5

The bungalow? Minimal and spartan but the price was right: wood walls, open beam ceilings, a cold shower, a simple bathroom and two beds. No, two...
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Behind the scenes of Takalik Abaj: Part One

This had been a expedition that had been over a year in the planning: after writing an article on their find of a spectacular jade mask, the...
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