FARMINGTON — Aztec Ruins National Monument may be the subject of a centennial celebration this year marking its establishment in 1923, but the 318-acre, ancestral Puebloan site still possesses the ...

In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that has for a long time been shaped by just one perspective, a European one. The story of how Hernán Cortés and his small army of ...

In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that for centuries has been shaped by just one perspective: a European one. The story of how Hernán Cortés and a few hundred Spaniards ...

The Aztec Empire once hosted an expansive trade network that brought volcanic glass to its capital from right across Mesoamerica, coast to coast. The largest compositional study of obsidian artifacts ...

BACK THOUSANDS. YES THOUSANDS OF YEARS. TUCKED AWAY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO SITS A FOUNDATION FOR LTCUURES BOTH PAST AND PRESENT WE ARE AT AN ANCESTRAL PUEBLO ...

AZTEC, N.M. -- Retired archaeologist Jeff Wharton used maps to explain the size of Aztec North, an unexcavated great house at Aztec Ruins National Monument, during a guided tour of a part of the park ...

The Aztecs, one of the most intriguing and sophisticated civilizations to have ever existed, left an indelible mark on Mexico’s cultural and historical landscape. Before their dramatic fall to Spanish ...

More than 100 visitors gathered to witness how ancestral Pueblo people tracked seasons through sunlight alignments at this 900-year-old New Mexico monument.

Aztec Ruins National Monument is hosting a Winter Solstice Observation at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22. Visitors must arrive to the visitor center by 4:30 p.m. and will be led by rangers and volunteers ...

Toward the end of 1519, Spanish explorers arrived at the Aztec capital in what is now Mexico City. They were awed by the Aztecs' sophistication and soon demanded the land and resources for themselves.

The inscriptions are essentially antique graffiti rendered with a lead pencil, quill pen, knife or other carving tool. Each inscription was photographed, measured, documented and interpreted.