Geographic Identities of the Sacrificial Victims from the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, Teotihuacan: Implications for the Nature of State Power

White, Christine D.; Spence, Michael W.; Longstaffe, Fred J.; Stuart‐Williams, Hilary; Law, Kimberley R.

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“…The well-known Oaxaca (Zapotec) Barrio and the Merchants' Barrio continue to be the subject of research (Croissier 2007;Gómez and Gazzola 2009;Rattray 2001, Spence 2002Spence et al 2004Spence et al , 2005White et al 2000bWhite et al , 2004a. We now have a much richer view of the city's ethnic complexity and immigration, including from western Mexico, Oaxaca, the Gulf Lowlands, and central Mexico (Gómez 2002;Manzanilla , 2015Michelet and Pereira 2009;Plunket and Uruñuela 2012;Price et al 2000;Spence 2005;Spence et al 2004Spence et al , 2013White et al 2002White et al , 2003White et al , 2007. Gómez (2002;Gazzola 2007, 2009) has identified a West Mexico barrio near the Zapotec barrio on the western periphery of Teotihuacan (White et al 2004a).…”

Section: Households Compounds and Neighborhoodsmentioning

confidence: 94%

Teotihuacan

Nichols

2015

J Archaeol Res

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Teotihuacan in the northeastern Basin of Mexico was an unusually large and influential early city and state. This article reviews recent research trends in Teotihuacan from its founding and explosive growth ca. 100 BC into the largest city in Mesoamerica. Biogenetics provide details of how immigration fueled the city's growth and shaped its multiethnic composition and link Teotihuacan to other parts of the central highlands and more distant regions. Urban theory highlights the importance of neighborhoods and how their composition changed. Collective aspects of irrigation, markets, warfare and the military, and ideology encouraged the development of Teotihuacan's corporate governance. Although Teotihuacan politically dominated central Mexico, its control over the regional economy was not as centralized. Beyond its hinterland, Teotihuacan's foreign relations were a mosaic of trade diasporas, diplomatic exchanges, pilgrimages, emulation, and strategic direct interventions of limited duration. As its foreign influence retracted, Teotihuacan faced challenges from its hinterlands and intermediate elites and factions that culminated in the burning and desecration of the urban center. The Epiclassic saw the change from Teotihuacan's regional state to city-states and confederations. Although much reduced in size, Postclassic Teotihuacan retained an enormous legacy that subsequent states sought for their historical validation.

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Section: Households Compounds and Neighborhoodsmentioning

confidence: 94%

Teotihuacan

Nichols

2015

J Archaeol Res

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“…A su vez, el agua bebida varía de modo regular en relación a la latitud, elevación, patrones de lluvia y otros factores ambientales (Dansgaard 1964;Gat 1996;White et al 1998White et al , 2004. Por ello, si hay variaciones en los isótopos de oxígeno del agua de una región, entonces hay un potencial para explorar aspectos de la movilidad y patrones de residencia humanos (White et al 2000(White et al , 2002(White et al , 2004Dupras y Schwarcz 2001; Para entender las tendencias en las dietas humanas inferidas desde los isótopos se requiere un modelo sobre las cadenas tróficas que contemple la variabilidad isotópica de los recursos de base (Szpak et al 2013). Por ello, para ajustar la ecología isotópica se procesaron 68 muestras óseas de fauna actuales que incluyeron aves (n=38), mamíferos (n=19), reptiles (n=1) y peces (n=10) (Tabla 1).…”

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Recursos y Dietas Humanas en Laguna Llancanelo (Mendoza, Nordpatagonia): Una Discusión Isotópica del Registro Arqueológico

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RESUMENEste trabajo intenta caracterizar la dieta humana mediante los isótopos estables (δ 13 C y δ 15 N en colágeno y δ 13 C y δ 18 O en hidroxiapatita). Los resultados se discuten en primer lugar con la ecología isotópica generada para esta zona. Luego estas tendencias son comparadas con las generadas por el modelo de mezcla isotópica aplicando el software SISUS y, finalmente, comparando esto con el registro zooarqueológico de Llancanelo. En esta escala los resultados muestran una significativa variabilidad tanto en isótopos humanos como en el registro zooarqueológico que podrían segregarse en las tendencias del sector Norte y sector Oeste de la laguna. Aún así, hay similares tendencias en el humedal: isótopos y fauna señalarían una baja importancia de guanaco y reidos, y una mediana importancia de recursos acuáticos y animales terrestres pequeños. A pesar de no haber aún registro que lo confirme, los isótopos simulados por SISUS proponen una fuerte explotación de algarrobos (Prosopis ssp.) y en algunos casos también molle (Schinus polygamus).La información isotópica del conjunto humano arqueológico procedente de Llancanelo no muestra diferencias significativas con el resto de las muestras humanas del sur de Mendoza, pero, analizadas por sectores de la laguna, las del Oeste tienen mayor similitud con las dietas isotópicas de Payunia/Planicies Orientales y las del Norte con las de Piedemonte. Sobre esta base se propone a Llancanelo como un espacio de convergencia poblacional que fue explotado complementariamente con otras áreas del sur de Mendoza.

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“…New methods of bone chemistry analysis provide exciting data on potential movements of individuals from one environment to another (Price et al, 2000;Tomczak, 2003;White et al, 1998White et al, , 2000White et al, , 2001White et al, , 2002. Most interpretations of these data, however, are far more tentative and equivocal than archaeologists would like, and they will remain hypothetical until the analytical methods are refined further and combined with more extensive archaeological evidence.…”

Section: Linguistic Prehistory and Migrationmentioning

confidence: 93%

New World States and Empires: Politics, Religion, and Urbanism

Smith

Schreiber

2006

J Archaeol Res

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The past decade has seen a veritable explosion in archaeological research on complex societies in Latin America. In 1993, Smith published an overview of research to that date; this article is one of two bringing that summary up to the present. Our first article, New World states and empires: Economic and social organization (Smith and Schreiber, 2005), dealt with issues regarding economic and social organization. The present article tackles political organization and dynamics, religion, urbanism, and settlement patterns. We also review recent research in the context of various theoretical perspectives, some traditional, some more contemporary, including approaches to history and process, cultural evolution, agency-based models, linguistic prehistory, migration theory, and the relationship between environmental change and cultural events. Our discussion blends empirical findings, methodological advances, and theoretical perspectives.

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Geographic Identities of the Sacrificial Victims from the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, Teotihuacan: Implications for the Nature of State Power

Cited by 123 publications

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Recursos y Dietas Humanas en Laguna Llancanelo (Mendoza, Nordpatagonia): Una Discusión Isotópica del Registro Arqueológico

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