Ancient city yielding new clues in Michoacan, Mexico
Monday, April 12, 2010 - 21:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The Purepecha people occupied a central place in western Mexico, right next door to their better-known neighbors and enemies, the Aztecs. Colorado researchers have discovered and partially mapped a major urban center once occupied by the Purepecha of Mexico, a little-known people who fought the Aztecs to a standstill and who controlled much of western Mexico until diseases brought by the Spanish decimated...