MEXICO: ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER MORE AZTEC ARTIFACTS AT HISTORICAL ZOCALO TEMPLE SITE

Record ID: 863181

  • Title: MEXICO: ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER MORE AZTEC ARTIFACTS AT HISTORICAL ZOCALO TEMPLE SITE
  • Date: 8th August 2000
  • Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (AUGUST 8, 2000) (REUTERS) WIDE VIEW OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE SMV TOURISTS LOOKING AT EXCAVATIONS SMV SCULPTURE FOUND AT THE SITE, HEAD OF A SERPENT VARIOUS, PEOPLE VISITING THE AREA VARIOUS OF THE DISCOVERY SITE AND SCULPTURES FOUND (2 SHOTS) EXTERIOR OF CASA DE LAS AJARACAS WIDE OF OF EXCAVATION (2 SHOTS) VARIOUS OF DIFFERENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL PIECES AND ARTIFACTS FOUND AT SITE. (2 SH0TS) SMV (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) JAVIER VAZQUEZ, ARCHAEOLOGIST, SAYING: "The most important is number 102 It's the one we have down here." VARIOUS OF EXCAVATIONS SMV PRESS LOOKING AT ARTIFACTS SCU ANCIENT AZTEC TEXTILES ON DISPLAY (2 SHOTS) SMV ARCHAEOLOGIST EXPLAINS NATURE OF PIECES FOUND SCU SCULPTURE ON DISPLAY (2 SH0TS) SCU PHOTOGRAPHER VARIOUS, ARCHAEOLOGISTS HOLDING ARTIFACTS AND POTTERY SCU MEXICAN TEXTILES SMV ARCHAEOLOGISTS LOOKING AT DISPLAYS SCU ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS SMV ARCHAEOLOGISTS WITH ARTIFACTS SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) EDUARDO MATOS, ARCHAEOLOGIST, SAYING: "The condition in which the textiles were found is very unique, and other pieces such as the paper will open an investigation into how prehispanic paper was formed." VARIOUS OF VISITORS AT EXCAVATIONS (2 SH0TS)
  • Embargoed: 23rd August 2000 13:00
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  • Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
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  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Quirky,Science,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVAC433AU20MJ5O4J5VUGLYY9HAN
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  • Story Text: Mexican archaeologists have discovered an ancient offering site in Mexico City's historic Zocalo square.
    Mexican archaeologists discovered an ancient Aztec offering site while conducting ongoing excavations in Mexico City's historic Zocalo.
    The scientists found textiles, stone statues, amate paper, and other ancient relicis sealed in a stone box which kept them in remarkable condition.
    "The condition in which the textiles were found is very unique, and other pieces such as the paper will open an investigation into how prehispanic paper was formed," said archaeologist, Eduardo Matos.
    According to archaeologists, the site was part of the main temple and dedicated to Tlaloc, the Aztec god of rain.
    The scientist have been digging in the area since last March and so far have uncovered seven new offering sites.
    Ancient sites were first discovered in the Zocalo in 1974.
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