pre-columbian

CHRONICA ANAHVACATL AN ALTERNATE HISTORY OF THE ANAHUAC BY: VALERIVS IXTLILXOCHITL VOLVME I Chapter I. In the place of anthills. Chapter II. Vengeance. Chapter III. Consolidation. Chapter IV. Clashes Chapter V. Succession. Chapter VI. Luck. PRINTED IN TETZCOCO, ANAHUAC

Greetings, everyone. This thread is a replacement for the apparently concluded thread started in 2019 by Tempered Zen. I intend this thread to be a continuation of that earlier discussion, but in a forum with more impact and with greater longevity. Things to discuss in this thread (friendly...

---------------------- Part 1: A Sign From Above Palace of Axayacatl, Tenochtitlan May 20, 1520 A.D. Moctezuma sat, lonely and silent, in one of the many rooms of his father's palace. Though several hours had passed since the sun vanished into the horizon, the tlatoani's body refused to sleep...

Consider the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian_rafts If you read the article, there is plenty of evidence that Andean seafaring capabilities were much more developed than usually thought. In fact, the first contact between the Spanish and the Inca was with an ocean-going...

Let's say that Cortés' expedition ends up in a total failure, as it might have had if the native allies Cortes found in Mexico were less friendly or if he failed to find a decent interpreter, and the Spanish authorities in Cuba care little since Cortes was a mutineer at that point. Let's then...

Hunac Ceel was a Maya general who brought down the power of Chichen Itza and established the dominance of Mayapan over the Yucatan peninsula. Legends say that Hunac Ceel, also known as Cauich, unsuccessfully fought the Itzas and was taken captive. He was hurled into a cenote as a sacrifice to...

Located in the Valley of Mexico and in existence from approximately 100 BCE to 750 CE, Teotihuacan was once the largest city in the Americas, with a population of perhaps 150,000 residents and an area of over 30 square km at its zenith in 450 CE. Some of the greatest monumental architecture of...

What if the Aztecs never relocated to the Valley of Mexico? How would that affect things?

While there's still some debate about whether the Polynesians beat Columbus to the Americas, what seems pretty clear is that even if they did achieve it, the mark they left wasn't particularly strong or long-lasting (with a handful of exceptions). Your challenge is to change that. Have the...

Newport Tower Unsettled History by B. Lynn Brant makes the claim that the Newport Tower in Rhode Island is pre-Columbian. Normally, such a topic would be considered alternate history, but Lynn Brant turns preconceived notions upside down. Another controversial author is Gavin Menzies, writer of...

The Muisca were a South American civilization, politically organized into a confederation of multiple kingdoms and chiefdoms, located in the vicinity of modern Bogotá, Colombia. They're oftenly renowned for their fondness of gold, mostly in (admittedly quite eye-catching) artwork. In fact, they...

It's a long-standing topic among fringe historians, conspiracy theorists, and all manner of people. The idea that some ancient peoples from the Old World arrived in the Americas before Columbus or even before the Vikings. From Solutrean hypothesis, which posits that European Indians settled the...

We've had threads like this in the past, but I thought it would be worth opening a new one. So, here are some discussion questions and my thoughts on them: 1. What is the plausibility? From what I’ve seen on the website, it’s generally accepted that Polynesians landed in South America...

Hello everyone, and welcome to my very first TL. I first thought it up while vacationing in Hawaii, and the original idea was the development of a native Polynesian writing system, but it eventually ballooned into what you will see. I recently decided to revive it after seeing Moana, and thanks...

A couple months ago, I posted a thread asking whether a trans-Pacific pre-Columbian trade network was possible, and the response was mostly "yes, but slow as all hell." So I've though up a preliminary basic timeline of major events, and hopefully can continue if it proves plausible. ~8000 BCE...

The history of Pre-Columbian America is often seen as less important due to the massive catastrophes of plague and conquest that nearly destroyed the world of the Aztecs, Inca and Mississippians. What I am asking is are there any good points of divergence before Columbus' s arrival, especially...

This is probably on the fringe for what's allowed within before 1900 but hear me out. It is known that in OTL the horse once inhabited the Americas before dying out in its homeland, surviving in Asia and only returning during the last 500 years. I was thinking that the survival of North...

What are some possible knock-on effects of the early Norte Chico civilization developing trade networks that reached the Andes, thereby bringing domesticated llamas into their civilization? Could this lead to an earlier development of large-scale South American civilizations with widespread...