Mesoamerica and Central America Collections

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Exhibit Halls

Visitors explore a bird’s-eye view replica of Teotihuacan, the largest city in the Americas (and one of the largest in the world) between AD 100 and 700.

Robert R. McCormick Halls of the Ancient Americas

People

Gary Feinman

Gary Feinman

Press Releases

North entrance to the Field Museum

New study shows democracy has deep global roots—not just Greece and Rome

North entrance to the Field Museum

Archaeologists measured and compared the size of 50,000 ancient houses to learn about the history of inequality. They found that it’s not inevitable.

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Media for Cultures of Mesoamerica and Central America

Cultures of Mesoamerica and Central America