University of California - Santa Cruz. "Traditional Mayan practices have long promoted unique levels of family harmony: But what effect is globalization having?." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 16 ...

Array Compared to 30 years ago, researchers found that some aspects of collaboration have changed in this community, likely due to the impacts of globalization. However, families still maintain ...

Under the supervision of Université de Montréal archaeology professor Christina Halperin, Ph.D. student Jean Tremblay spent six years, from 2018 to 2024, studying how the Mayan city of Ucanal managed ...

Jade inlays, typically reserved for adults, have been discovered on the teeth of young Maya children aged only 8 to 10 years, challenging our understanding of this ancient civilization. These dental ...

More than a decade ago, members of a small village tucked deep into the rainforests of Belize realized that the rich cultural history of their Maya ancestors could help them build a sustainable ...

The ancient Maya city of Tikal relied on urban reservoirs to supply water during periods of drought. They essentially built “constructed wetlands” that relied upon key minerals and aquatic plants and ...

(RNS) — Like many Indigenous people in the lands colonized by Spain, Calixta Gabriel Xiquín was raised Catholic in Guatemala, but her grandparents taught her the ancient Maya rituals. She was, in her ...

This thesis deals with an investigation of elite caches and caching practices in the Maya Lowlands during the Classic Period (A.D. 200-900). A total of 505 elite-associated caches are examined. The ...

A new paper in the journal Child Development shows how some aspects of family interaction among Indigenous people in Guatemala have fundamentally shifted with rapid globalization, yet families have ...