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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1086: An Obsession with Obsidian

Episode: 1086 Aztec obsidian, too good to give up Today, we ask why the Aztecs didn’t make full use of metal.

Engines of Our Ingenuity
| Posted on January 6, 2016, 6:00 AM

Episode: 1086 Aztec obsidian, too good to give up

Today, we ask why the Aztecs didn’t make full use of metal.

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