[Aztlan] Follow-up on Mexico City excavations

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

The 13 ton stone monolith of Tlaltecuhtli found in 2006 by  
archaeologist Lopez Lujan and a large cactus monolith more recently  
found by Leonardo Lopez Lujan in downtown Mexico City under the corner  
of a bookstore were the subject of a talk yesterday at Dartmouth by  
Mr. Lopez Lujan.

Listeros may remember that he had speculated that they may have found  
the grave site of an Aztec emperor, the first to have ever been found,  
due to the size of the Tlaltecuhtli stone and its location and the  
meaning of Tlaltecuhtli as a deity. Due to the nature of excavation in  
Mexico City because of a high water table and clay-like soil, Lopez  
Lujan said, “These series of obstacles have meant that the excavation  
has progressed at the speed of an eye-dropper. We have only a few  
pieces of a gigantic puzzle that we know we will never be able to  
assemble completely.”

So there has been very little progress thus far in ascertaining  
whether or not there is an Aztec emperor buried at the site.

Dartmouth.com has the story here;
http://thedartmouth.com/2009/02/12/news/monolith/

Mike Ruggeri


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