Geophysical Prospection at Plaza of the Columns Complex, Teotihuacan

Summary

Geophysical techniques used in Plaza de las Columnas Complex, Teotihuacan has been successful to locate the buried remains of foundations, walls and other architectural features. As usual, magnetic gradiente allowed to recognize linear patterns that suggests the wall remains usually made with volcanic stones with mud mortar. Electrical resistance was successful to recognize the presence of floors and verify the previously detected walls. Finally georadar survey verify the location and depth of buried architectural remains. This combination of techniques provided detailed information from most of the area requested by the project and allowed to locate the excavations to verify the presence of domestic units that are surrounding the main structures, in addition to detect some remains located in main plazas and the big wall that marked the western limit of this large compound.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 21880