One thousand years ago, the first settlers of Rapa Nui — also known as Easter Island — feasted on a fusion cuisine of plants native to Polynesia but also ones indigenous to South America ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an “unusual” discovery in Ecuador — the mummified corpse of a pregnant woman who was seemingly ...

Cockle shells had been placed on the woman's eyes, a crab claw had been placed on her abdomen, and ornaments made of Spondylus mollusk shells and three obsidian blades had been placed around her body.

For example, the Eccentric is from an obsidian source in south central Mexico called Pachuca. In other cases, XRF helps archaeologists determine the nature and extent of ancient trade. For example, ...