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Taino Chief Hatuey
In 1511, after about a decade of armed resistance against the Spanish on the island of Hispaniola, the Indigenous Taino Chief Hatuey and...
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Feb 2, 20221 min read
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Maya Mushrooms
Kaminaljuyú, in Guatemala is a Pre-Columbian site of the Maya civilization. Primarily occupied from 1500 BC to AD 1200, Kaminaljuyú was...
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Dec 21, 20212 min read
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Mayan Medicine
The Maya were a powerful pre-Columbian civilization who thrived between AD 600 – AD 800. They were literate and had a complex language...
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Nov 22, 20212 min read
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ChacMool
The Mayan Chacmool is a distinctive form of Meso-american sculpture representing a reclining figure with its head facing 90 degrees from...
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Nov 21, 20212 min read
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Taino - Atrocities
“Discovery of the Caribbean” - 1940 Artist Credit: Cuban artist Mario Carreño - (1913 - 1999) Native Taino woman holding #guamo,...
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Oct 19, 20211 min read
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Taino - Shell Trumpets
The Taino, the Indigenous people of the Caribbean, like many other island cultures around the world used the conch shell as an instrument...
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Oct 19, 20212 min read
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Maya Blue
During the 17th Century, artists Rubens and Carravagio used ultramarine blue pigments that were made using crushed semi-precious lapis...
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Sep 29, 20212 min read
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