The Aztecs didn't discover obsidian. It was already the most common raw material in Mesoamerica when they arrived in the ...

Archaeologists working in Mexico City have unearthed hundreds of obsidian artifacts dating back to pre-Columbian Mesoamerica ...

Archaeologists found that while the Mexica primarily used green obsidian, obsidian also came from at least seven other ...

The Aztec Empire may have ended centuries ago, but its presence is far from gone. It lingers in temple ruins, place names, ...

Researchers analyzed 788 obsidian artifacts from Tenochtitlan, revealing that the Mexica (Aztec) Empire sourced this important material from at least eight different locations, including regions ...

The artifacts examined in the study were uncovered during excavations that took place over decades from the main Aztec temple of Tenochtitlán, called the Templo Mayor, in what is now Mexico City.

have studied the circulation and use patterns of obsidian in the center of the Mexica world by analyzing nearly 800 artifacts made of this material found at the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, the main ...