referring to the ancient name for Iraq. And unlike the cities in that area, Hamoukar isn’t on a waterway. Now Reichel thinks he has found a crucial piece of the puzzle: obsidian. The piece of ...

The research team was surprised by the variety of obsidian types found in the ancient capital, which surpasses that found at other sites in Mesoamerica. The discovery also sheds light on how the ...

New archaeological research by Tulane University and the Proyecto Templo Mayor in Mexico reveals how obsidian—a volcanic ... Columbian times—moved across ancient Mesoamerica and shaped life ...

Where do obsidian artifacts in the Sunshine Coast region come from? Based on just 19 obsidian artifacts, we are beginning to get a picture of ancient trade relations in this region in the last 2000 ...

Researchers analyzed 788 obsidian artifacts from Tenochtitlan ... raw materials in pre-Columbian times -- moved across ancient Mesoamerica and shaped life in its capital, Tenochtitlan.