A team of archaeologists digging at the Stark Farms Native American site in east central Mississippi have found more than 80 metal artifacts that were not manufactured by the Chickasaw people who once lived there. As they explain in a study published in the April 2021 edition of American Antiquities , the archaeologists believe these […]
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Artifacts Seized from Conquistadors by Chickasaw People in 16th Century Uncovered


Caribbean Animal Extinctions Began With The Conquistadors, Says Study


The beautiful, inhabited archipelago of islands in the south of the Caribbean, called Guadeloupe, was sighted by conquistador Christopher Columbus, in 1493, and the Caribbean became part of the “New World.” A recent study shows that Caribbean animal extinctions were non-existent until Europeans began “cultivating” their new territories. And by extension climate change also began […]