Ordinary people, not imperial rulers, drove the pottery trade under the Aztec Empire, according to a new study that challenges decades of assumptions about economic control in ancient Mexico.
The study, published in Ancient Mesoamerica, traces the origins of pottery...
Ancient Maya markets may have been far more organized and widespread than many scholars once thought, according to new research that points to a network of built trading spaces across parts of the Maya Lowlands.
The study argues that these...
