Why, in the late 13th century, did thousands of people suddenly abandon the magnificent cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde and Kayenta? This is the...
North America History
History books often tell us that before 1492, the Western Hemisphere was a “pristine wilderness” inhabited by small, nomadic tribes. But the truth about...
Long before modern pharmacology, the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica—including the Maya and Olmec—mastered a complex array of psychotropic substances for ritual and religious use....