Smallpox DNA is recovered from Spanish conquest-era Chilean mummies

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - When Spanish conquistadors arrived in the New World some five centuries ago, ...
Yahoo

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most pervasive myths about colonial Latin American society is that it was Catholic, full stop. It's a familiar story: ...
NBC News

Mexico’s Indigenous Purepecha knock down statues of Spanish colonial-era priest

Activists from Mexico’s Purepecha people used axes and sledgehammers Monday to knock down statues of their ancestors being forced to haul and work stones by a colonial-era Spanish priest. The ...
Phys.org

Excavations reveal a Maya town's defiant stand in early colonial era

In the rolling countryside of the northern Yucatán, a team of researchers has brought to light the story of Hunacti—a short-lived 16th-century mission town whose stone streets and Spanish-style church ...
WWNO

How the Spanish Colonial period preserved Louisiana’s French language and culture

Midterm elections are fast approaching and early voting is just around the corner. The Times Picayune | New Orleans Advocate’s editorial page director and columnist, Stephanie Grace, joins us to break ...
insider.si.edu

Origins of New Mexico families : a genealogy of the Spanish colonial period / by Angélico Chávez ; new foreword by Thomas E. Chávez

Rev. ed. of: Origins of New Mexico families in the Spanish colonial period. siris_sil_679942 ...
Women's Wear Daily

An Exhibit on Fashion and Ritual in Colonial Latin America Weaves Lessons Through Textiles

Step back 300 years into colonial Latin America and the textiles are lavish, fashions often akin to couture, and who wore what was determined not just by what they could afford, but by class and race, ...