The Seventh Field Season of the Proyecto Templo Mayor: Recent Investigations on the Sacred Precinct of Tenochtitlan

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

The fortuitous discovery of the Tlaltecuhtli Earth Goddess monolith in 2006 generated new investigations in the ruins of Tenochtitlan's sacred precinct. Since March 2007, an interdisciplinary and international team organized by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia has carried out topographic studies, geophysical prospection, microchemical analysis, and archaeological excavation in Mexico City's historic center. These activities have produced new data regarding the precinct's urban planning, the architectural and functional evolution of its religious structures, and the symbolism and economy of Mexica rituals carried out at the foot of the Templo Mayor in the decades prior to Spanish Conquest.

Other Keywords
OfferingsMexicasymbolismTenochtitlanTemplo MayorsunAztecPaleopathologyEffigyMonument

Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica