Did the influx of silver from the New World cause inflation in Spain between 1520 and 1650? Archaeometrist Anne-Marie DeSaulty of the University of Lyon used mass spectrometry to measure the ratios of metal isotopes in a variety of old coins. She’s concluded that that the New World silver probably wasn’t minted into coins until […]

Human and animal bones, ceramics, jade and shell beads, and flint knives have been found in five cenotes in the Yucatan during a survey. The remains of the six people who were found were “probably sacrificed during a couple of intense periods of water shortages between 900 and 1,200 years ago,” according to a statement […]