INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT FOR IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IN TEOTIHUACAN, MEXICO
Channel: European Association of Archaeologists
Date: 22/11/2020

In this paper we show the objectives and preliminary results of the first campaign of the project “Proyecto interdisciplinario para la identificación de un centro de barrio en Teotihuacan”, carried out in 2018 in Teotihuacan. The main goal of the project is to identify the presence of a possible neighborhood center so far unknown in Teotihuacan, located by
geometrical symmetry, according to Ortiz (2015) in the sectors N2E2 and possibly N2E1 on the Millon’s map (1973). Starting from the hypothesis that the neighborhood centers are composed of different architectural units such as the main temple, the public square, public buildings, residences of the elite groups, housing complexes, craft workshops and common use areas, it is expected that we should find this composition in quadrants N2E1 and N2E2 from the distribution of structures proposed for these two sectors by Millon in 1973 (Ortiz 2015). During the first campaign archaeological and geophyscal prospection (georadar, magnetometry and electric) have been successfully carried out contributing to the understanding of the urban system of Teotihuacan. The paper is part of the projects Q 0818001 J financied by the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (MECD) and the PALARQ Foundation (2017-18).
Millon, R., 1973 Urbanization at Teotihuacan, México. The Teotihuacan Map. University of Texas Press, Austin
Ortiz, A., 2015 Determinación de las características de un barrio teotihuacano con arqueometría. El caso de Teopancazco. Tesis doctoral, UNAM, México


Author(s): Moragas, Natalia (CINAF. Departamento de Historia i Arqueologia, Universitat de Barcelona) - Ortiz, Agustín - Barba, Luis (IIA-UNAM) - Miriello, Domenico - Barca, Donatella (Università della Calabria) - Pecci, Alessandra (ERAAUB, Departamento de Historia i Arqueología, Universitat de Barcelona)