These incense burners were arranged in a symbolically significant pattern, with some positioned in an east-west orientation and others placed north-to-south.
In addition to the vessel containing cremated remains, the team discovered a cup used to hold the sacred fermented drink pulque and 13 incense burners. Items found there indicate the site’s sacred status. The building’s inhabitants took steps to hide the altar from occupying Spanish forces, says Mara Becerra, an archaeologist with the INAH, in the statement. The home dates to the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican history-around 1250 to 1521-but was remodeled sometime after the fall of Tenochtitlán. A neighborhood of Tenochtitlán prior to Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés’ arrival in the region, the area remained home to Aztec residents after the Spanish conquest, Reuters reports.Ĭeremonial pot containing cremated human remainsĮxcavations at the site unearthed artifacts used by the property’s residents over the centuries, including musical instruments and the remains of a kitchen. The altar was buried about 13 feet beneath Garibaldi Plaza, a central square that regularly hosts festivals. The altar dates to sometime between 15, when the people who lived in the house held a ritual “bear witness to the ending of a cycle of their lives and of their civilization,” according to a statement translated by BBC News. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced the discovery in November after studying the site for three months. Located in the courtyard of an Aztec home, the altar held a pot containing human ashes and was used to honor the dead, reports BBC News. Archaeologists in Mexico City have found an altar dated to the decades after Spain’s 1521 conquest of the Aztec Empire’s capital, Tenochtitlán.
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