M?mm?t?s w??? l????, ?xtinct m?mm?ls t??t ???m?? v??i??s ???ts ?? t?? w??l? ???in? t?? Ic? A??. M?xic?, incl??in? t?? ???i?n ????n? M?xic? Cit?, ??s ???n kn?wn ??? si?ni?ic?nt ?isc?v??i?s ?? m?mm?t? ??m?ins, ???tic?l??l? in t?? ???? n?w kn?wn ?s t?? M?xic? Cit? M?t?? P??j?ct.

In ???vi??s ????s, t?? c?nst??cti?n ?? M?xic? Cit?’s n?w ?i????t ?n? ?t??? in???st??ct??? ???j?cts l?? t? t?? ?isc?v??? ?? n?m????s m?mm?t? sk?l?t?ns ?n? ?t??? ????ist??ic ??ssils. T??s? ?in?in?s ??v? ???vi??? v?l???l? insi??ts int? t?? ???i?n’s ?nci?nt ???n? ?n? ??v? s??? li??t ?n t?? int???cti?ns ??tw??n ???l? ??m?ns ?n? t??s? ?i?nt c???t???s.

A?c????l??ists ?xc?v?tin? t?? w??l?’s ???li?st m?mm?t? t???s in M?xic? ??v? n?w ??c?v???? t?? ??n?s ?? 200 m?mm?t? sk?l?t?ns , in t?t?l, l???in? t??m t? c?ll t?? ???? w???? t??? w??? ???n? “m?mm?t? c?nt??l.” T?? ???iti?n?l m?mm?t? sk?l?t?ns ??? ?n ?xc??ti?n?l ?in? ?n? ??? ???vi?in? m??? in???m?ti?n ????t ??w t??? w??? ??nt?? ?? ?nci?nt ????l?s in M?xic?, ?n? ??w ??t? ??m?ns ?n? l???? m?mm?ls ????t?? t? clim?t? c??n?? in t?is ???i?n.

In N?v?m??? 2019, I w??t? ?n Anci?nt O?i?ins n?ws ??ticl? ????t ? t??m ?? ?nt?????l??ists ?n? ??c????l??ists ???m M?xic? ’s N?ti?n?l Instit?t? ?? Ant?????l??? ?n? Hist??? (INAH) w?? ??? ?isc?v???? tw? m?j?? m?mm?t? ??ntin? t???s in t?? n?i????????? ?? T?lt???c, j?st n??t? ?? M?xic? Cit?. T??s? ??v? ???n c?ll?? t?? w??l?’s “?i?st m?mm?t? t???s.” T??n in M?? 2020, w? ???lis??? ?n?t??? n?ws ??ticl? ????t t?? ?isc?v??? ?? ?n?t??? 60 m?mm?t? sk?l?t?ns. N?w, t?? s?m? t??m ?? ??s???c???s ??v? ???n? ????t “130 m???,” ??in?in? t?? n?w t?t?l t? ?v?? 200 m?mm?t? sk?l?t?ns: ??nc? t?? sit?’s n?w n?m? “m?mm?t? c?nt??l.”

A?c????l??ists w??kin? ?t t?? M?xic?n ??c????l??ic?l sit? s?? t?? 200 m?mm?t?s w??? kill?? s?m?w???? ??tw??n 10,000 ?n? 20,000 ????s ???. An?, ?v?n t????? t?? ??m?ins ?? 200 ?nim?ls ??v? ???n ??c?v????, t?? t??m ??li?v?s t???? still ? ???? n?m??? ?? ??n?s ?n? sk?l?t?ns t? ?? ???n? ??n??t? t?? s????c? ?? ??t? sit?s. T?? ?xc?v?ti?n ???? is sl?t?? ??? c?nst??cti?n ?s ???t ?? t?? n?w F?li?? An??l?s int??n?ti?n?l ?i????t in t?? t?wn ?? S?nt? L?ci?, w?ic? w?s ??i?in?ll? ? m??s?? l?n?sc??? ?n? ?????ctl? s?it?? ??? ??ntin? ?i? ??m?.

A c?nst??cti?n c??w ?v??l??kin? t?? ???? w???? t?? m?mm?t? t???s w??? ???n?. T?is ???? will ?? ???t ?? t?? n?w F?li?? Án??l?s Ai????t. ( INAH)

A?c????l??ists s?s??ct t?is sit?, l?c?t?? ?t t?? int??s?cti?n ?? ???? v?ll??s, is ????t 35,000 ????s ?l?. B?s?? ?n t?? ?vi??nc? ???n? s? ???, ??s???c???s s?? ???l? ??m?ns ?x?l?it?? ? ????ist??ic m?mm?t? mi???ti?n ??t? wit? t?? c?nst??cti?n ?? n???l? ?????ct ??ntin? t???s. T??s? ?i??l? ????ctiv? t???s ??s?lt?? in t?? ???t? ?? ?t l??st 200 m?mm?t?s. S?m? ?? t?? ???sts m??s???? ?? t? 15 ???t (4.6 m?t??s) in ??i??t, w?i???? ?? t? 22,000 ???n?s (?n? m?t?ic t?n), ?n? ??? t?sks ?? t? 16 ???t (4.9 m?t??s) l?n?.

T??s? n?w ?in?in?s ??? ??l?in? ?x???ts t? ??tt?? ?n???st?n? ??w t??s? m?ssiv? ?nci?nt c???t???s ?i??. Acc???in? t? ? ?????t in t?? D?il? M?il t?? sit? w???? t?? 200 m?mm?t? sk?l?t?ns w??? ???n? ?ls? ?i?l??? “15 ??m?n sk?lls ?n? ??c??t?cl?s, ??si?i?n ?n? t?? ??m?ins ?? ???s.” F??t???m???, ??c????l??ist R???n M?nz?nill? L???z ?? t?? INAH t?l? l?c?l m??i? t??t ?is t??m ??v? ?ls? ??c?v???? t?? ??m?ins ?? “25 c?m?ls ?n? ?iv? ???s?s.”

B?n?s ?? m?mm?t?s ?n???t??? ?t t?? ?n??m??s ??ntin? t??? sit? t??t will ??c?m? ???t ?? ? n?w int??n?ti?n?l ?i????t in M?xic?. ( INAH)

T?? m?ssiv? M?xic?n ??c????l??ic?l sit? is ????t 12 mil?s (19 kil?m?t??s) wi?? ?n? ???m?? t?? s????s ?? ?n ?nci?nt l?k???? ????n? 12,000 ????s ???. T?is ???? ?tt??ct?? c??ntl?ss m?mm?t?s, ?n? m?n? ?i?? in its m??s?? s?ils. In 2017, t?? ??c????l??ists ?isc?v???? t?? ?i?st ?? ? s??i?s ?? m?n-m??? ?its (t???s) ??si?n?? t? c??t??? m?mm?t?s ?l?n? t?is ?nci?nt s????lin?. W??n t?? ??n?s ???n? in t?? ?its w??? ?x?min?? ??? si?ns ?? ??m?n ??tc???in?, t?? ??s???c???s ???n? ??z?ns ?? m?mm?t? ??n? t??ls t??t w??? s????? ?n? siz?? ?x?ctl? lik? t?? s???ts ?s?? t? ??l? t??ls ?n? c?ttin? im?l?m?nts ?isc?v???? in T?lt???c.