The Main Plaza at the center of Monte Albán. Credit: Linda Nicholas, Field Museum

Ancient Mexican City Endured For Centuries Without Extremes In Wealth And Power

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Location, location, location—it’s the first rule of real estate. For a long time, it’s been widely ᴀssumed that being close to resources drives settlement patterns, with cities generally founded near water and fertile land for growing crops. But a new paper by the husband-and-wife archaeological team questions that idea, using […]