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.

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.

Ruins of Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan in Mexico City. Clockwise from top left: ear flare, Tlaloc mask (2), lightning bolt scepter (Mirsa Islas Orozco/Courtesy of Templo Mayor Project – INAH ...

Almost all the ceremonial artifacts found inside buried offerings at the Templo Mayor were made with this type of obsidian, including miniature weapons, jewelry and inlays for sculptures.

Templo Mayor is ranked #7 out of 16 things to do in Mexico City. ... Housed within the facility’s 22 rooms are artifacts, including the famous Aztec Calendar Stone, ...

Archaeologists from Tulane University and the Templo Mayor Project of Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have studied the circulation and use patterns of obsidian in the ...

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.

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.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Analysis of 788 obsidian artifacts from Tenochtitlan’s Templo Mayor shows the Mexica Empire sourced obsidian mainly from Sierra de Pachuca, with additional ...

Compositional analysis of obsidian artifacts from the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Mexica (Aztec) Empire. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2025; 122 (20) DOI: 10. ...