Archaeologists Discover Pre-Columbian Offering in Mexico City Latin American Herald Tribune
go to original July 28, 2013

Experts have discovered on the archaeological site of Tlatelolco in the Mexican capital the skull of a decapitated individual and a vessel, both from an estimated 500 years ago, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said.

In a communique, the INAH said the small offering was found at the foot of the Great Temple on the pre-Columbian site after a custodian reported “what appeared to be a buried vessel.”

Archaeologist Salvador Guilliem, director of the Tlatelolco Project, said the skull, found on top of the vessel, was from a young adult male, “very probably a prisoner of war.”

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