Rubber was an essential material for many people of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, who used it to make objects such as sandals and rubber bands. However, it is perhaps best known as the material used to ...

Archaeologists are racing to stop the deterioration of 14 ancient rubber balls- the oldest of their kind - that were part of the ritual "ball game" played in Mesoamerica. The balls, discovered in 1988 ...