Researchers found thousands of other items, but the skeletal remains of the monkey point to the earliest evidence of primate captivity, translocation, and gift diplomacy between Teotihuacán and Mayan elite.
The complete skeletal remains of a spider monkey seen as an exotic curiosity in pre-Hispanic Mexico grants researchers new evidence regarding social-political ties between two ancient powerhouses: Teotihuacán and Maya Indigenous rulers.
This weekend in the arts: San Diego Opera's "El último sueño de Frida y Diego"; "Up Close and Personal" at San Diego Dance Theater; Bread and Puppet Theater comes to North Park; "Portraits from the Anthropocene at WE Gallery"; Roberto Salas at Bonita Museum and the "Welcome tu Las Californias" music festival in Baja.