New Isotopic Research from the La Ventilla Neighborhood of Teotihuacan: Demography, Migration, and Diet of Two Socioeconomic Groups
Author(s): Gina Buckley; Sergio Gómez Chávez; Ruben Cabrera Castro; Fred Longstaffe; Spencer Seman
Year: 2023
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
The neighborhood of La Ventilla in the city of Teotihuacan was extensively excavated in the 1990s, during which the largest skeletal collection was recovered at this great urban center. However, it was not until the last several years that stable and radiogenic isotope analysis were conducted on a large-scale at this site. New strontium and oxygen isotope data of almost 100 individuals will be presented. Results are coupled with radiocarbon dates to identify diachronic migration patterns along with stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes to observe dietary practices. From these data, demographic and health trends among this population will be discussed. Finally, current and planned future work on a strontium isoscape of Mexico will be presented, an important avenue for advancing migration studies in Mesoamerica.
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New Isotopic Research from the La Ventilla Neighborhood of Teotihuacan: Demography, Migration, and Diet of Two Socioeconomic Groups. Gina Buckley, Sergio Gómez Chávez, Ruben Cabrera Castro, Fred Longstaffe, Spencer Seman. Presented at The 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2023 ( tDAR id: 474711)
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Keywords
Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica: Central Mexico
Spatial Coverage
min long: -107.271; min lat: 18.48 ; max long: -94.087; max lat: 23.161 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 36762.0