Precolonial Indigenous Latin American Cultures

Incan Culture

Many sacrificed Inca children -- like "Princess of Ampato,"  were preserved by the cold and high altitudes of the Andes.
This was done to please the mountain gods.

Llamas in front of an Incan ruin. Llamas were used as pack animals by the inca people.

Incan children in traditional dress with a llama, and a lamb.

The Incas made roads through out their empire in order to facilitate travel of both goods and people. This is a potion of the road that still exists today.

Post Colonial: I could not find any specific data discussing the current locations of the Incan peoples, but according to the CIA World Factbook the current population of Amerindians in Peru is 45% with 13% speaking Quechua.

Mayan Culture

Tikal

A Mayan Calendar. Their calendar consisted of 260 days.

A wooden carving in Guatemala.

Post Colonial: The Maya still live in the areas where they lived before the European conquest, with 30% of the population in Mexico being Amerindian, 10.6% in Belize listed as Mayan and 8.6% listed as other Mayan in Guatemala. (CIA World Factbook)

Aztec Culture

Tenochititlan

Chacmool, Tenochtitlan. A sculpture of the most important Aztec god.

A picture of an Aztec ritual human sacrifice.

Post Colonial: The modern Aztecs of today number well over a million and they're now the largest aboriginal group in Mexico consisting of 30% of the population. (CIA World Factbook)

Post colonial viceroyalties