which are thought to be earplugs. Yes thatless than one millimeter throughout, they are perfectly circular,exactly the same size.earplugs here.obsidian.

The Aztec Culture, as with many other past cultures of the Mesoamerican region had a love for

Obsidian. It was used mainly for objects of a sacrificial or ritualistic nature and is a reasonably

common find at many South American sites. In case you’re unfamiliar with it, Obsidian is a very

brittle, black volcanic glass and is quite difficult to carve or work with.

However, sometime during the past an ‘unknown Aztec craftsman’ is believed to have made

these wonderful and rather unusual little items

right, earplugs, and we are asked to believe that they were made by using the typical Aztec tools

of the time, such as bamboo drills, stone chisels and fine sand as an abrasive agent.

This can only be seen as an incredibly unfathomable conclusion, because these items are

polished to a constant thickness of

completely symmetrical and are both

Now just think about that for a moment and remember that we’re talking about

These things really are, very small, as I’m sure you will realize if you consider the size of an

actual ear canal, plus they have been made to an incredible degree of precision from

Just notice the accuracy of the small flanges protruding from the ends of the items. It is very

difficult to imagine someone making these from brittle Obsidian by using primitive hand tools.