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Latin America's colonial period was far less Catholic than it might seem − despite the Inquisition's attempts to police religion

One of the most pervasive myths about colonial Latin American society is that it was Catholic, full stop. It’s a familiar story: As history books tell it, the Europeans brought their religion to the ...
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Latin America and its people / Cheryl E. Martin, Mark Wasserman

v.1. The first Americas -- Ceremonial centers in Mexico and Peru -- The cities of classic Mesoamerica -- Peru after Chavín -- Mesoamerica and Peru, 900-1400 C.E. -- The world of early Americas -- ...
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Indigenous Ashaninka DNA helps geneticists write new chapters of pre-colonial history in South America

Geneticists have written new chapters in the reconstruction of pre-colonial Americas history after using DNA from the indigenous Ashaninka people from Amazonian Peru. They have discovered previously ...
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Cocaine Traffcking and the Transformation of Central American Frontiers

Vol. 19, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE: Rural Transformation in Latin America’s Changing Climate (JULY 2020), pp. 159-166 (8 pages) The Journal of Latin American Geography (JLAG) is a peer-reviewed journal ...
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Latin America’s colonial period was far less Catholic than it might seem − despite the Inquisition’s attempts to police religion

Tufts University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. One of the most pervasive myths about colonial Latin American society is that it was Catholic, full stop. It’s a ...