The Library of Congress Federal Research Division provides an elaborate overview of the country of Bolivia. Content includes a country profile, as well as elaborately focusing on numerous topics: history, society and environment,...

This World Heritage site includes a photograph of Cahokia as it appears today, a brief description of the excavation of the site, and a short video.

Discusses features of the religious practices of the Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec civilizations.

Discusses characteristics of the governments of the Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec civilizations.

Essay on the development of early indigenous tribes in the Americas. Author discusses how tribal culture developed in South America prior to Columbus.

The Maya civilization (300-900 C.E.) was one of the most sophisticated in the pre-Columbian Americas. It extended from southeastern Mexico across modern-day Guatemala, Belize and the western parts of Honduras and El Salvador. The Maya...

Short text regarding theories of meanings for Nazca lines (geolyphs). Good images.

Take an interactive, multiple choice quiz over the Inca Empire. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.

The ruins of Sacsahuaman, an Incan civilization in Peru.

Text and photographs focus on various figures and geometric shapes: Nazca Candleabra, Nazca Whale, Nazca Rose, and Nazca Hummingbird. Includes a chart of all Nazca designs.