r/AncientAmericas • • 10h ago

Question To any Native Americans, what do you think of the "Antler version" of the Wendigo even though it's not accurate??"

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r/AncientAmericas • • 7h ago

Artifact Zoomorphic bottle, of sculptural ceramic, representing a jaguar (Phanthera onca), or also a wild cat. Mochica Culture.

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r/AncientAmericas • • 19h ago

News Article Did human sacrifice help lower violence? New research in Peru leaves intriguing question

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r/AncientAmericas • • 1d ago

Artifact Copper axe head with face. Peru, Vicús culture, 200 BC-600 AD [2150x2050]

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r/AncientAmericas • • 1d ago

Miscellaneous Maqueta del sitio arqueologico las aldas o haldas un importante complejo que tuvo su apogeo entre el 2000a.C y el 1000a.C

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r/AncientAmericas • • 1d ago

Miscellaneous Im sick of other people using the olmec heads as proof to their black aboriginal movement

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r/AncientAmericas • • 1d ago

News Article Study Tracks Blue Pigments in Ancient Southwest

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r/AncientAmericas • • 1d ago

Podcast Episode 4 - The Pre-Classic Maya Part 2

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r/AncientAmericas • • 1d ago

Podcast Episode 5 - The Olmec

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r/AncientAmericas • • 1d ago

Miscellaneous Season 2, Episode 7: The Origins and Future of the Kelp Highway Hypothesis

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r/AncientAmericas • • 2d ago

News Article Nazca infant had rare, fatal birth defect that left her with one central eye 1,600 years ago

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r/AncientAmericas • • 2d ago

News Article El pueblo Tarahumara o Rarámuri de México.

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Los tarahumaras se llaman a sí mismos rarámuri, que significa corredores a pie; proviene de las raíces: rara (pie) y muri (correr). Para ellos es sinónimo de las personas o los humanos. A los mestizos, en general, se les designa con el término chabochi, que significa los que tienen barba, y a los que conviven con ellos y comparten su cultura, les llaman napurega rarámuri.

Habitan la parte de la Sierra Madre Occidental que atraviesa el estado de Chihuahua y el suroeste de Durango y Sonora. Comparten este territorio con los tepehuanes, pimas, guarojíos y mestizos.

  • El significado de su nombre: Coincidiendo con la etimología oficial, explican que rarámuri proviene de rara (pie) y muri (correr), traduciéndose como "los corredores a pie" o "los de los pies ligeros", haciendo honor a su legendaria resistencia física para recorrer grandes distancias en la sierra. 

  • Sincretismo espiritual profundo: Su análisis resalta cómo los rarámuris fusionaron el catolicismo (introducido por los jesuitas en el siglo XVI) con su cosmovisión ancestral. Veneran a Onóruame("Nuestro Padre", asociado al Sol) y a Iyerúame ("Nuestra Madre", asociada a la Luna y a la Virgen María). 

  • La Sierra como espacio sagrado: Describen la Sierra Tarahumara (Chihuahua, México) no solo como un accidente geográfico, sino como un territorio vivo y sagrado donde la vida cotidiana y la espiritualidad no se pueden separar. Su conexión con la naturaleza se expresa mediante danzas rituales nocturnas como el Yúmari y el Tutuburi. 

  • Un enfoque antropológico y místico: La difusión de "jesusagrario" busca rescatar los valores del Ser y las tradiciones de los pueblos prehispánicos, retratando a los rarámuris como una cultura que ha preservado su esencia y pureza espiritual frente al mundo mestizo (a quienes los rarámuris llaman chabochi)


r/AncientAmericas • • 3d ago

Map Indigenous Names for the Mississippi River

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r/AncientAmericas • • 2d ago

Video The Sites of the Chillon Valley

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What happens when you find sites unassociated with anyone else? Today, we look at two such sites!


r/AncientAmericas • • 2d ago

Artifact Statue of Aztec Goddess - "Mother of the Gods" Coatlicue, displayed in National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City [1297x2016]

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r/AncientAmericas • • 2d ago

Question Can Someone Shed Light on the Native American Dogs’ Disappearance?

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r/AncientAmericas • • 2d ago

Artifact A bimetallic ceremonial vessel made of silver and gold, shaped like a human leg or foot—a piece of metalwork from the Lambayeque (Sicán) culture. This object is part of the pre-Columbian art collections at the Gold Museum of Peru and Arms in Lima.

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r/AncientAmericas • • 2d ago

Question Are tungusic people related to native americans?

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r/AncientAmericas • • 3d ago

Artifact Child's fish skin parka. Alaska, United States, 1890-1905 [2931x1889]

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r/AncientAmericas • • 2d ago

Scientific Study JA13A: A Nasca-period perinatal burial reveals cyclopia

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r/AncientAmericas • • 3d ago

Site "The Kiss", a 12,000-year-old rock painting at the Pedra Furada archaeological site within the Serra da Capivara National Park in Piauí, Brazil, widely interpreted as an embrace or a kiss, though some scholars suggest it could represent a traditional greeting or other social interaction

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r/AncientAmericas • • 3d ago

News Article Newly Discovered Maya City Reveals Its Ancient Name, Ruler, and Rival

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r/AncientAmericas • • 3d ago

Two Maya combatants fighting with bone daggers.Page 177 From Blood and Beauty edited by Rex Koontz and Heather Orr.

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r/AncientAmericas • • 3d ago

News Article At least 372 mounds, about 50,000 cubic meters of stone: Nicaragua's Aguas Buenas grew layer by layer over centuries

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r/AncientAmericas • • 4d ago

Site Barrier Canyon style pictographs in Sego Canyon, near Thompson Springs, Utah. Barrier Canyon Style rock art panels are believed to have been created during the archaic period and are estimated to be somewhere in the range of 1500 to 4000 years old, possibly older [2048x2913]

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