Aztec duck-head pendants recovered from Tenochtitlán were made using volcanic glass called obsidian. - Mirsa Islas/Courtesy Proyecto Templo Mayor, INAH Hundreds of obsidian artifacts have revealed ...
The Aztec Empire once hosted an expansive trade network that brought volcanic glass to its capital from right across Mesoamerica, from coast to coast. The largest compositional study of obsidian ...