Lidar, Architecture, and Petroglyphs: Urban Analysis of the Vapatzequa San Pablo, Tzintzuntzan

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Tzintzuntzan, Capital of the Tarascan Empire: New Perspectives" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In this poster we will present the data derived from systematic surface prospections within one of these vapatzaquas, the neighborhood of San Pablo, Tzintzuntzan, which is one of the most important in the city, since inside it is located the Great Platform with the five yácatas, as well as another of the largest platforms of the city, which still preserves evidence of unexplored mounds, as well as a large number of terraces identified by remote sensing. Thus, these prospections, guided by the recognition of architectural elements within lidar models, have allowed us to know better the urbanism of the city, because it has not only allowed us to make field verifications but also to link together the different elements, like petroglyphs, that formed the urbanism of Tzintzuntzan.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Tzintzuntzan, Capital of the Tarascan Empire: New Perspectives   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 35834.0