Archaeometric studies of pottery from activity areas found in the multiethnic neighborhood center of Teopancazco, Teotihuacan, Central Mexico

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This is an abstract from the "Ceramics and Archaeological Sciences" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In the metropolis of Teotihuacan, Central Mexico, the ca. 22 neighborhoods are the most dynamic social units of this multiethnic society. Teopancazco is one of the southeastern neighborhood centers; it was excavated by Linda R. Manzanilla and her students during 13 field seasons (1997-2005), and studied in an interdisciplinary perspective, including geophysical, archaeological, archaeobotanical, archaeofaunal, osteological, isotopic, genetical, and chemical analyses, together with radiocarbon and archaeomagnetic dating.

This neighborhood center had a strong economic, social and symbolic relation to the Nautla region in Veracruz, Gulf Coast of Mexico, through a corridor of ally sites (i.e. Calpulalpan and Xalasco), through which the intermediate elite of the neighborhood organized caravans to bring foreign goods, raw materials, and immigrant labor. My paper will deal with the data we have recovered from pottery from activity areas in the Teopancazco, describing archaeometric data from craters used in Mixtequilla-funerary contexts and cosmetics found in miniature vessels, through scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-Ray microanalysis, X-ray powder diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. We detected imported Mixtequilla pottery, Thin Orange Ware from Puebla, Tlaxcala pottery from the Ocotelulco source, Granular Ware from Guerrero, all studied with neutron activation. We also have pottery from Cherán, Western Mexico.

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• Ceramics and Archaeological Sciences   •
• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)

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Abstract Id(s): 50493