Prehispanic landscape and agriculture in the Teotihuacan Valley: the Tlaijnga área

Summary

Archaeological evidence indicates occupation in the Tlajinga área of the southern Teotihuacan Valley throughout the Classic and Postclassic (ca. 200-1500 DC) as well as the Colonial period. Excavations as well as soil profiles in this sector provide macro- and microbotanical remains that, together with stable carbón isotope values (δ13C) provide new insights with respect to agricultural activities, conforming evidence for maize (Zea mays) and opportunistic flora associated with food production. A buried soil with vertic properties, overlying the tepetate substrate but situated approximately 1-1.5m below the modern surface, is broadly distributed throughout the área and represents an important stratigraphic marker in the effort to trace dynamic processes in landscape transformation and human impact in the región through time.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)   •
• The Rise and Decline of Teotihuacan: Urbanism, Daily Life, and Regional Relations through Time

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