The Casa de Tucumán (meaning "House of Tucumán" in Spanish, officially Casa Histórica de la Independencia) is a historic building and museum located in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, built during the colonial times. The Congress of Tucumán worked in this house during the Argentine War of Inde…
Since very ancient times, a wide range of Indian tribes whose culture is still being studied have dwelled the area. Among the peoples who inhabited the territory of Tucumán, the most outstanding were the diaguitas calchaquíes, who had experienced a strong influence by the Incas. Settled in the mo…Let the world know that you were there! Publish your Selfie!
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The Archaic Period in the Americas: End of Megafauna
The Archaic period in the Americas saw a changing environment featuring a warmer more arid climate and the disappearance of the last megafauna. The majority of population groups at this time were still highly mobile hunter-gatherers; but now individual groups started to focus on resources availabl…
"Culture Areas": Grouping North America's Indigenous
Before contact with Europeans, the indigenous peoples of North America were divided into many different polities, from small bands of a few families to large empires.
They lived in several "culture areas", which roughly correspond to geographic and biological zones and give a good indication of t…
Prominent History Travelers
- Antoine de la Sale, Councils of Mad Youth
- Taillevent's Jura Mountains 1430, Sheer Rock Faces
- Captain James Cook's Diaries, Best Seller 1800s
- Richard Hakluyt's Voyages, Travel Literature Alive
- Petrarch: Pleasure of Climbing the Mountain, Dark Ages
- Early "Travel Record Literature" in China: Fan Chengda
- Ibn Jubay, Arab Traveler, Chronicler of the Crusades
- Pausanias, Bringing us Greece of the 2nd Century
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Voyages to Warmer Climates
