Recipe and Quality of Lime Plaster Samples from Plaza One, Teotihuacan

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In 1959, the Teotihuacan Mapping Project, led by Rene Millon, excavated at the site of Plaza One in Teotihuacan and acquired a myriad of artifacts, including lime plaster samples. This presentation focuses on the examination of these plaster samples via Optical Microscopy and SEM-EDS, which are used to evaluate the similarities and differences in the building techniques and raw materials employed in the construction of plaster. Specifically, emphasis is placed on the comparison of the Plaza One samples with previous plaster studies that examined samples from structures located along the Avenue of the Dead. This analysis provides insight and later interpretation into the different methods of plaster production by comparing the recipe and quality of the plaster between different locales at Teotihuacan.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25520