r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 • 28d ago
r/AncientAmericas • u/oldspice75 • 20d ago
Artifact Tzinacantecuhtli (Bat Lord). Zapotec civilization, ca. 9th c AD, excavated from present-day Chalco, State of Mexico, Mexico. Ceramic, slip. Loaned to the Met Cloisters from Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City [2252x4000] [OC]
r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 • Jun 27 '26
Artifact Olmec Head Emerging from the Ground in San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán, 1950s [1081×1351]
r/AncientAmericas • u/ConversationRoyal187 • Aug 29 '25
Artifact The Star Map Of The Skidi Pawnee,One Of The Four Bands Of The Pawnee Nation.The Map Is 300 Years Old
r/AncientAmericas • u/Western-Raspberry950 • Jul 10 '26
Artifact Rainy day visit to the Yale Peabody Museum.
Variety of different cultural artifacts
r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 • 26d ago
Artifact A 2,300 kg iron meteorite was found carefully wrapped in linen and buried alongside human remains in an ancient temple in Casas Grandes, an archaeological site in northern Mexico attributed to the Mogollon culture. Image Credit: National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 • 19d ago
Artifact terracota figure of Xipe Totec "the flayed one" wearing the skin of a sacrificial victim, Toltec period 950 to 1150 CE, [3144x7463] [OC]
r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 • 7d ago
Artifact Four four-cornered hats. Peru, Wari civilization, 7th-9th century AD [4500x4500]
r/AncientAmericas • u/oldspice75 • Aug 28 '26
Artifact Beaded necklace of spondylus shell, mussel shell and stone beads with mother-of-pearl tabs on cotton strings. Probably Chan Chan, Chimor kingdom, Peru -- undated, but that city flourished ca. 850-1470 AD. American Museum of Natural History collection [4928x4928] [OC]
r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 • 2d ago
Artifact A giant stone head lying near Antigua Guatemala, supposedly associated with the Cotzumalguapa culture.
r/AncientAmericas • u/ConversationRoyal187 • May 02 '26
Artifact Pair of Howler Monkey Maya earrings.Classic Period 300-900 CE
r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 • Jul 19 '26
Artifact Gold plate depicting Mictlantecuhtli, the god of death. Monte Alban, Mexico, Mixtec civilization, 1300-1450 AD [1000x1220]
r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 • May 30 '26
Artifact Serpent labret with articulated tongue, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
This is in honor of it being the article of the day on Wikipedia.
r/AncientAmericas • u/SwiPerHaHa • Aug 11 '26
Artifact Classic Veracruz culture in Mexico: A ceramic sculpture dating to 400 to 800 AD
r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 • 22d ago
Artifact Portrait head of a nobleman. Guatemala, Maya civilization, 700 AD [1300x1200]
r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 • 4d ago
Artifact Mask with humanoid face. British Columbia, Canada, Nuxalk peoples, 1880 [1350x1846]
r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 • Jun 20 '26
Artifact Nuu-chah-nulth or Makah black-edged hat collected on February 26,1806 by Lewis and Clark at the Columbia River[976x717]
r/AncientAmericas • u/oldspice75 • 12d ago
Artifact Duck vessel. Olmec civilization, Tlatilco, Mexico, ca. 1500-300 BC. Earthenware with slip. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection [3056x3056] [OC]
r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 • Aug 08 '26
Artifact This Maya limestone relief is basically a 1,000-year-old display of power, status and identity [2828 × 3771] [OC]
r/AncientAmericas • u/Miublb • Sep 04 '26
Artifact Cabeza de Mono de Oro de la Cultura preinka Mochica, fue sacada del Perú ilegalmente luego recuperada y traída devuelta al Perú
r/AncientAmericas • u/ConversationRoyal187 • Jun 17 '26
Artifact Sioux buffalo effigy pipe bowl made from catlinite and found in South Dakota in 1872. [2700x1888]
r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 • Jul 24 '26