Dr. Tim Pauketat wants to change the way people think about pre-Columbian America. "Most people tend not to think of history before the arrival of Columbus, and they think of the ancient past as ...

An expansive city flourished almost a thousand years ago in the bottomlands of the Mississippi River across the water from where St. Louis, Missouri stands today. It was one of the greatest ...

Mexico and South America are noted for three important pre-Columbian civilizations: the Maya, the Inca and the Aztec. But there is a fourth, and often unrecognized, important civilization in North ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- The latest event at the Towosahgy State Historic Site near East Prairie offers visitors a chance to learn about the region's true first farmers. Set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday ...

K8 News is taking a look at the history of Arkansas on the road to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States of ...

A University of California, Berkeley, archaeologist has dug up ancient human feces, among other demographic clues, to challenge the narrative around the legendary demise of Cahokia, North America's ...

A team of archaeologists is debunking the myth surrounding the demise of the lost Native American civilization that was once at Cahokia Mounds near Collinsville, Ill. Experts analyzed ancient human ...

A discovery of flint chips on the ground in an area of New Lenox in the mid-1980s led to one of the biggest archaeological finds in the south suburbs, according to local archaeologist Les Marszalek.

An archaeologist has dug up ancient human feces, among other demographic clues, to challenge the narrative around the legendary demise of Cahokia, North America's most iconic pre-Columbian metropolis.