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Painted Maya chocolate vessel on display in Encounters with the Americas

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology · Harvard Square, Cambridge

Encounters with the Americas

Now showingPermanent collection·$20

Classic Maya and Postclassic Aztec material sets up the story of 1492 and after, alongside contemporary Maya, Guna and Amazonian communities defending their land, language and autonomy.

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Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University (Courtesy of the museum)