First Results of the Archaeological Prospection at the N2E1 and N2E2 Quadrants (Barrio del Río San Juan) at Teotihuacan

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Teotihuacan: Multidisciplinary Research on Mesoamerica's Classic Metropolis" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

During the years 2017–2020, the UNAM and the University of Barcelona carried out an international and interdisciplinary project in the N2E1 and N2E2 quadrants of Millon’s map at Teotihuacan (Barrio del Río San Juan). This very central location had not been deeply investigated until then. The project aimed to better understand the organization of this area located to the north of the San Juan River, the organization of buildings in space, and to identify the neighborhood center. We were also looking to understand if there were different construction phases. Prior research involved an extensive magnetic survey and the verification of specific areas with ground penetrating radar and electric resistivity. The results obtained allow us to identify a change in the organization of space in time, the presence of large plazas in the last phase, possible workshops, and to confirm the existence of a greater number of important structures than the ones already identified by Millon. The project is part of the activities of the Laboratorio de Prospección Arqueológica of the UNAM and the ERAAUB Consolidated Group (2017SGR1043) and is financed by the Spanish Fundación Palarq and Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• Teotihuacan: Multidisciplinary Research on Mesoamerica's Classic Metropolis

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Abstract Id(s): 32859