(ORDO NEWS) — Archaeologists have made new discoveries at an archaeological site in Casas Grandes, on the US-Mexico border.
During the excavations, artifacts were found that are about 1000 years old, dated to the late period of the Mogollon culture.
New discoveries have been made at the site of the Casas Grandes site, which, given the city’s sphere of influence in ancient times, is in fact now shared between the United States and Mexico.
The fact is that it was the administrative center for about 300 settlements of the Mogollon culture, located on the territory of present-day Mexico and the United States.
New excavations were carried out in the small modern town of San Diego. As a result, 1,000-year-old artifacts were unearthed, including pottery, hammers, and corn kernels.
One of the most interesting finds was beads made from shells of molluscs living in the Pacific Ocean. Experts note that the distance from the excavation site to the Pacific coast is about 400 kilometers.
That is, the finds testify to very extensive trade relations and the interaction of ancient cultures, for which long distances, apparently, were not a problem.
Note that the archaeological site in San Diego has been explored for decades.
The new items have been found through the use of cutting-edge technology, including robotic surveying instruments and specially equipped drones.
The new excavations also confirmed the earlier hypothesis that the Mogollon culture was an advanced complex society.
This is evidenced by the high level of organization during the construction of the city, traces of which the archaeologists managed to find.
The Mogollon culture is believed to have originated around 200 AD. The construction of the city at Casas Grandes began about a thousand years later.
The dating of the surviving buildings suggests that the city was built between 1130 and 1300 AD.
The original settlement consisted of only about 20 one-story houses, each of which was surrounded by a wall and had a “garden”.
Around 1340 AD, the city was burned down. However, the locals did not abandon it, but rebuilt it. This time, multi-storey and apartment buildings appeared, which were built from adobe.
In 2019, the remains of the largest house were excavated, in which 30 to 40 people lived.
In addition, the city had many public facilities, including ball courts typical of Mesoamerican cultures, ritual platforms with stone facades, a market square, special walls for bas-reliefs, etc.
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