The discovery of the graves of four pre-Hispanic Mexican children has given an insight into the difficult living conditions that followed the fall of the Aztec Empire.
Named after the property where the excavation took place, the Argentina 95 project was carried out in La Lagunilla, a neighborhood in the historic center of Mexico City formally known as Cotolco, belonging to Atzacoalco, one of the four territories of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire. In the 16th century, Spanish conquerors began to build on top of the city’s ruins.
Investigators from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) discovered the remains and stated that the smallest infant, likely to have been an unborn child, were found in a uterus-shaped vessel along with two ceramic bowls.
