For Richer or Poorer: A Comparison of Residential Mobility Patterns between Socioeconomic Groups at the La Ventilla District of Teotihuacan

Summary

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

Excavations from the La Ventilla 1992-1994 project resulted in the recovery of over 400 individuals across four apartment compounds or frentes, the common household structure at Teotihuacan. Of these compounds, Frente 2 (El Conjunto de los Glifos) has been identified as a higher-status residential community while Frente 3 (El Conjunto de los Artesanos) consisted of lower-status, working-class individuals. Strontium (87Sr/86Sr) isotope ratios from human tooth enamel are examined from over 100 individuals to identify long- and short-distance mobility patterns across Frentes 2 and 3, and to directly test the hypothesis that lower socioeconomic classes of people were more mobile than those of higher status. Finally, new data are directly compared to past migration research at the Tlajinga district of Teotihuacan, one of the poorest communities at this site.

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

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Abstract Id(s): 24624