Svenfoundtheremainsofbuildingsburiedunder the sand, together witha lot oftreasures, such ascoins, paintedpots, silk materials, documentsandwall paintings.
Their products were banned from the American market, where their hand-painted beauty could fetch much higher prices than in rural Mexico, where the pots were merely a practicality.
Two establishments stood nearby: a redbrick pub with pretty clumps of lavender growing in the window pots and, on the other side of the green, a luridly painted fish-and-chip van.