Burials and Society at Teotihuacan: Examining Inequality Through Burial Offerings in Residential Contexts

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Many archaeologists think that Teotihuacan was a relatively equalitarian society. Prior research on economic inequity has focused on factors such as the size of houses and the remains of murals in residential complexes. The Burials and Society project approaches the question of inequality at Teotihuacan from a new angle, that of burial data. The project has compiled a data base of over 800 burials from residential contexts and their associated offerings. One line of analysis focuses on socioeconomic inequality such as inter-complex disparities in wealth (e.g. percentage of burials with imported goods and presence of high value offerings by structure number). I present our preliminary results and discuss their implications with respect to the nature and extent of inequality at Teotihuacan.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 32705