Ancient Civilizations of North America

<p><span>Join the Director of the Maya Exploration Center to discover the astounding accomplishments of the ancient North Americans and their significant legacy.</span></p>

• By This Expert
• 01: The Unknown Story of Ancient North America
• 02: The First Human Migrations to the Americas
• 03: Clovis Man: America’s First Culture
• 04: The Archaic Period: Diversity Begins
• 05: Late Archaic Innovations
• 06: Poverty Point: North America’s First City
• 07: Medicine Wheels of the Great Plains
• 08: Adena Culture and the Early Woodlands Period
• 09: The Hopewell and Their Massive Earthworks
• 10: The Origins of Mississippian Culture
• 11: The Mississippian City of Cahokia
• 12: The Wider Mississippian World
• 13: De Soto versus the Mississippians
• 14: The Ancient Southwest: Discovering Diversity
• 15: The Basketmaker Culture
• 16: The Mogollon Culture
• 17: The Hohokam: Masters of the Desert
• 18: The Ancestral Pueblo
• 19: The Chaco Phenomenon
• 20: Archaeoastronomy in the Ancient Southwest
• 21: The Periphery of the Ancient Southwest
• 22: Late Period Cultures of the Pacific Coast
• 23: Late Period Cultures of the Great Plains
• 24: The Iroquois and Algonquians before Contact