Agustín Ortiz
Biographic Data
| ID | 3634422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Agustín Ortiz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Agustín |
| FAMILY NAME | Ortiz |
| SIGNATURE | ORTIZ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7018-7638 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 152 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Integral archaeometric study in the San Juan river neighborhood of Teotihuacan (mexico)
Investigation of an underestimated area located in the center of Teotihuacan, The spatial relationship of the detected structures with the San Juan River
Preserving Sunken Military Vessels as Underwater Cultural Heritage in Colombia
This study examines the legal challenges related to preserving sunken military vessels as Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) in Colombia. These challenges include Spanish galleon shipwrecks, limited international cooperation, and the lack of legal recognition for sunken military vessels under domestic law (Law 1675 of 2013). To address these issues, this article reviews the concepts of warship and sovereign immunity as they relate to the status o…
Excavations at the Southern Neighborhood Center of the Tlajinga District, Teotihuacan, Mexico
Investigations of the Proyecto Arqueológico Tlajinga Teotihuacan (PATT) in 2019 focused on the southern neighborhood center of this cluster of non-elite residences in the southern periphery of the ancient Mexican metropolis. Our objective was to better understand the social infrastructure of public space within the district and how it tied its inhabitants together. Our methods included excavations at two large architectural complexes, geophysical…
Searching with georadar ancient T’hó, a Mayan city underneath the modern Merida, Yucatan
T’hó –a Mayan city cited in historical documents – has been discovered and is now a topic in current archaeological discussions and research topics due to a joint UNAM and UADY research project. This project encompassed several steps, including the recording of material recovered from the city’s subsoil while monitoring urban infrastructure programs, as well as the study of historical documents and maps and finally verifying hypothesis by using g…
Geophysical Prospection at the Formative Site of Altica in the Teotihuacan Valley Piedmont
The Formative-period site of Altica in the Patlachique Range poses many methodological problems when designing an excavation strategy. Three millennia of erosion, twentieth-century chisel plowing, and modern reforestation efforts have destroyed or disturbed most surface architecture above the local tepetate bedrock. As such, in the early stages of the Altica Project, the primary concern was the detection and identification of subsurface features,…
Estudio De Conjuntos Departamentales Y Organización De Barrios Utilizando Sensores Remotos Y Geofísica en El Distrito De Tlajinga, Teotihuacan
Estudios geofísicos, técnicas de sensores remotos y realización de mapas topográficos con GPS diferencial y vehículos aéreos no tripulados (VANT) han proporcionado una mejor comprensión de la organización espacial de los conjuntos departamentales y barrios en Teotihuacán. Nuestras investigaciones demuestran que en contraste con el mapa producido por el Teotihuacan Mapping Project (TMP) (Millon et al. 1973), el distrito de Tlanjinga es más rectang…
Archaeological Survey of the Ex-USS Bugara (SS/AGSS331)
Identifying a technological style in the making of lime plasters at Teopancazco (Teotihuacan, México)
Indicadores arqueológicos de abandono y recuperación del conjunto habitacional teotihuacano de Oztoyahualco
Sin duda alguna es Teotihuacan un sitio ideal para estudiar los procesos de abandono y recuperación de espacios, ya que se trata de una extensa mancha urbana ocupada por varios grupos étnicos, y que en su colapso articuló tanto el abandono de gran parte de su población local, como la llegada de nuevos contingentes demográficos procedentes probablemente del Bajío
Chemical Residues as Anthropic Activity Markers. Ethnoarchaeology, Experimental Archaeology and Archaeology of Food Production and Consumption
Chemical residues preserved in floors can be considered anthropic activity markers. In fact, residues are strictly related to the activities performed and reflect their spatial distribution. We present a synthesis of the work carried out over the last few decades in Mexico and Italy related to the study of chemical residues in floors. Residues can be identified performing specific chemical analyses both of plastered or earthen floors samples. We …
Los residuos químicos de la producción de pulque. Etnoarqueometría y arqueología experimental
Pulque was one of the most important beverages in the Central Plateau of Mesoamerica. Its consumption continued during the Colonial period and the beverage is still popular in some places, although its cultural survival is at risk in others. In this paper we present the results of experimental and ethnoarchaeological studies aimed at recognizing the chemical residues produced by pulque production and consumption in the archaeological record. Two …
El Uso De Técnicas Geofísicas Para Determinar Sistemas Constructivos Y Materiales Presentes en Los Túmulos Del Período Formativo en El Valle De Azapa, Arica, Chile
Como resultado de un proyecto conjunto entre la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y la Universidad de Tarapacá, Chile, se realiza por primera vez en el valle de Azapa, norte de Chile, un estudio geofísico que incluye técnicas de gradiente magnético y georradar. Este valle ha sido el origen de asentamientos humanos tempranos vinculados con la tradición Chinchorro. Posteriormente en el último milenio antes de Cristo, junto con el desarrollo i…
Suprahousehold consumption and community ritual at La Laguna, Mexico
Recent work at La Laguna in Central Mexico provides an excellent illustration of the way in which information from architecture, food remains, ceramic vessels and chemical signatures can be brought together to demonstrate communal feasting associated with specific structures and public spaces. Structure 12M-3 contained a range of evidence indicative of food preparation and consumption. Ritual effigy vessels depicted deities connected with food an…
Provenance of glass shards in archaeological lime plasters by LA-ICP-MS
Characterization and Provenance of Lime Plasters From the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)
In this work, we present the results of the analyses of 20 lime plaster samples taken from the Templo Mayor (Great Temple), the main pyramid of Tenochtitlan (Mexico), the ancient capital of the Mexicas. The samples were analysed to recover information on the mixtures used in the fabrication of the plasters and for the provenance of the raw materials (in particular, limestone) used to make the plasters. The characterization of the samples was done…
Geophysical prospection and aerial photography in La Laguna, Tlaxcala, Mexico
Introduction The paper presents the results of a remote-sensing program at the La Laguna archaeological site, a Late Formative period (c. 600 BC – AD 100) regional center located in northern Tlaxcala (19°30’35” N / 98°00’20” W). The site was the largest community in the region during this period, when adjacent areas of central Mexico witnessed an initial phase of urbanization and state formation (Carballo and Pluckhahn, 2007; Merino Carrión, 1989…
Provenance of the Limestone Used in Teotihuacan (Mexico)
This work shows the preliminary results of an international project for the interdisciplinary study of the limestone used in the plasters of the ancient city of Teotihuacan. The limestone provenance was studied using a new approach based on the chemical analysis of the lime lumps that were selected because they represent the composition of the original limestone rock. The results show that the applied methodology was successful and that the limes…
A magnetic and electrical study of archaeological structures at Loma Alta, Michoacan, Mexico
This paper describes the results of high spatial resolution magnetic and resistivity surveys of the Loma Alta site in Michoacan, Mexico. This site is the largest of a series of man-made earthen islands built up within an ancient freshwater basin. Occupied during three main phases from 100 BC to AD 850, the site now shows no surface detail of the underlying structural complexity. Test pits and trenches excavated during several field seasons reveal…
Analisis Quimico de Pisos de Ocupacion
La arqueología moderna ha enfocado su atención al estudio de las áreas de actividad para entender formas de vida y patrones de subsistencia. Esto ha conducido a que se manejen niveles de análisis cada vez más pequeños, tales como los estudios de microarqueología, la recuperación de información botánica por medio de la flotación de restos vegetales, y el estudio de fitolitos y polen. Hasta el momento, el análisis químico de los pisos representa la…
Analisis Quimico de Pisos de Ocupacion
La arqueología moderna ha enfocado su atención al estudio de las áreas de actividad para entender formas de vida y patrones de subsistencia. Esto ha conducido a que se manejen niveles de análisis cada vez más pequeños, tales como los estudios de microarqueología, la recuperación de información botánica por medio de la flotación de restos vegetales, y el estudio de fitolitos y polen. Hasta el momento, el análisis químico de los pisos representa la…
Provenance of the Limestone Used in Teotihuacan (Mexico)
This work shows the preliminary results of an international project for the interdisciplinary study of the limestone used in the plasters of the ancient city of Teotihuacan. The limestone provenance was studied using a new approach based on the chemical analysis of the lime lumps that were selected because they represent the composition of the original limestone rock. The results show that the applied methodology was successful and that the limes…
Provenance of glass shards in archaeological lime plasters by LA-ICP-MS
Suprahousehold consumption and community ritual at La Laguna, Mexico
Recent work at La Laguna in Central Mexico provides an excellent illustration of the way in which information from architecture, food remains, ceramic vessels and chemical signatures can be brought together to demonstrate communal feasting associated with specific structures and public spaces. Structure 12M-3 contained a range of evidence indicative of food preparation and consumption. Ritual effigy vessels depicted deities connected with food an…
Characterization and Provenance of Lime Plasters From the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)
In this work, we present the results of the analyses of 20 lime plaster samples taken from the Templo Mayor (Great Temple), the main pyramid of Tenochtitlan (Mexico), the ancient capital of the Mexicas. The samples were analysed to recover information on the mixtures used in the fabrication of the plasters and for the provenance of the raw materials (in particular, limestone) used to make the plasters. The characterization of the samples was done…
Excavations at the Southern Neighborhood Center of the Tlajinga District, Teotihuacan, Mexico
Investigations of the Proyecto Arqueológico Tlajinga Teotihuacan (PATT) in 2019 focused on the southern neighborhood center of this cluster of non-elite residences in the southern periphery of the ancient Mexican metropolis. Our objective was to better understand the social infrastructure of public space within the district and how it tied its inhabitants together. Our methods included excavations at two large architectural complexes, geophysical…
Chemical Residues as Anthropic Activity Markers. Ethnoarchaeology, Experimental Archaeology and Archaeology of Food Production and Consumption
Chemical residues preserved in floors can be considered anthropic activity markers. In fact, residues are strictly related to the activities performed and reflect their spatial distribution. We present a synthesis of the work carried out over the last few decades in Mexico and Italy related to the study of chemical residues in floors. Residues can be identified performing specific chemical analyses both of plastered or earthen floors samples. We …
Los residuos químicos de la producción de pulque. Etnoarqueometría y arqueología experimental
Pulque was one of the most important beverages in the Central Plateau of Mesoamerica. Its consumption continued during the Colonial period and the beverage is still popular in some places, although its cultural survival is at risk in others. In this paper we present the results of experimental and ethnoarchaeological studies aimed at recognizing the chemical residues produced by pulque production and consumption in the archaeological record. Two …
Identifying a technological style in the making of lime plasters at Teopancazco (Teotihuacan, México)
Geophysical Prospection at the Formative Site of Altica in the Teotihuacan Valley Piedmont
The Formative-period site of Altica in the Patlachique Range poses many methodological problems when designing an excavation strategy. Three millennia of erosion, twentieth-century chisel plowing, and modern reforestation efforts have destroyed or disturbed most surface architecture above the local tepetate bedrock. As such, in the early stages of the Altica Project, the primary concern was the detection and identification of subsurface features,…
Estudio De Conjuntos Departamentales Y Organización De Barrios Utilizando Sensores Remotos Y Geofísica en El Distrito De Tlajinga, Teotihuacan
Estudios geofísicos, técnicas de sensores remotos y realización de mapas topográficos con GPS diferencial y vehículos aéreos no tripulados (VANT) han proporcionado una mejor comprensión de la organización espacial de los conjuntos departamentales y barrios en Teotihuacán. Nuestras investigaciones demuestran que en contraste con el mapa producido por el Teotihuacan Mapping Project (TMP) (Millon et al. 1973), el distrito de Tlanjinga es más rectang…
Archaeological Survey of the Ex-USS Bugara (SS/AGSS331)
Analisis Quimico de Pisos de Ocupacion
La arqueología moderna ha enfocado su atención al estudio de las áreas de actividad para entender formas de vida y patrones de subsistencia. Esto ha conducido a que se manejen niveles de análisis cada vez más pequeños, tales como los estudios de microarqueología, la recuperación de información botánica por medio de la flotación de restos vegetales, y el estudio de fitolitos y polen. Hasta el momento, el análisis químico de los pisos representa la…
A magnetic and electrical study of archaeological structures at Loma Alta, Michoacan, Mexico
This paper describes the results of high spatial resolution magnetic and resistivity surveys of the Loma Alta site in Michoacan, Mexico. This site is the largest of a series of man-made earthen islands built up within an ancient freshwater basin. Occupied during three main phases from 100 BC to AD 850, the site now shows no surface detail of the underlying structural complexity. Test pits and trenches excavated during several field seasons reveal…
Geophysical prospection and aerial photography in La Laguna, Tlaxcala, Mexico
Introduction The paper presents the results of a remote-sensing program at the La Laguna archaeological site, a Late Formative period (c. 600 BC – AD 100) regional center located in northern Tlaxcala (19°30’35” N / 98°00’20” W). The site was the largest community in the region during this period, when adjacent areas of central Mexico witnessed an initial phase of urbanization and state formation (Carballo and Pluckhahn, 2007; Merino Carrión, 1989…
Provenance of the Limestone Used in Teotihuacan (Mexico)
This work shows the preliminary results of an international project for the interdisciplinary study of the limestone used in the plasters of the ancient city of Teotihuacan. The limestone provenance was studied using a new approach based on the chemical analysis of the lime lumps that were selected because they represent the composition of the original limestone rock. The results show that the applied methodology was successful and that the limes…
Characterization and Provenance of Lime Plasters From the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)
In this work, we present the results of the analyses of 20 lime plaster samples taken from the Templo Mayor (Great Temple), the main pyramid of Tenochtitlan (Mexico), the ancient capital of the Mexicas. The samples were analysed to recover information on the mixtures used in the fabrication of the plasters and for the provenance of the raw materials (in particular, limestone) used to make the plasters. The characterization of the samples was done…
Provenance of glass shards in archaeological lime plasters by LA-ICP-MS
Suprahousehold consumption and community ritual at La Laguna, Mexico
Recent work at La Laguna in Central Mexico provides an excellent illustration of the way in which information from architecture, food remains, ceramic vessels and chemical signatures can be brought together to demonstrate communal feasting associated with specific structures and public spaces. Structure 12M-3 contained a range of evidence indicative of food preparation and consumption. Ritual effigy vessels depicted deities connected with food an…
El Uso De Técnicas Geofísicas Para Determinar Sistemas Constructivos Y Materiales Presentes en Los Túmulos Del Período Formativo en El Valle De Azapa, Arica, Chile
Como resultado de un proyecto conjunto entre la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y la Universidad de Tarapacá, Chile, se realiza por primera vez en el valle de Azapa, norte de Chile, un estudio geofísico que incluye técnicas de gradiente magnético y georradar. Este valle ha sido el origen de asentamientos humanos tempranos vinculados con la tradición Chinchorro. Posteriormente en el último milenio antes de Cristo, junto con el desarrollo i…
Chemical Residues as Anthropic Activity Markers. Ethnoarchaeology, Experimental Archaeology and Archaeology of Food Production and Consumption
Chemical residues preserved in floors can be considered anthropic activity markers. In fact, residues are strictly related to the activities performed and reflect their spatial distribution. We present a synthesis of the work carried out over the last few decades in Mexico and Italy related to the study of chemical residues in floors. Residues can be identified performing specific chemical analyses both of plastered or earthen floors samples. We …
Los residuos químicos de la producción de pulque. Etnoarqueometría y arqueología experimental
Pulque was one of the most important beverages in the Central Plateau of Mesoamerica. Its consumption continued during the Colonial period and the beverage is still popular in some places, although its cultural survival is at risk in others. In this paper we present the results of experimental and ethnoarchaeological studies aimed at recognizing the chemical residues produced by pulque production and consumption in the archaeological record. Two …
Archaeological Survey of the Ex-USS Bugara (SS/AGSS331)
Identifying a technological style in the making of lime plasters at Teopancazco (Teotihuacan, México)
Indicadores arqueológicos de abandono y recuperación del conjunto habitacional teotihuacano de Oztoyahualco
Sin duda alguna es Teotihuacan un sitio ideal para estudiar los procesos de abandono y recuperación de espacios, ya que se trata de una extensa mancha urbana ocupada por varios grupos étnicos, y que en su colapso articuló tanto el abandono de gran parte de su población local, como la llegada de nuevos contingentes demográficos procedentes probablemente del Bajío
Searching with georadar ancient T’hó, a Mayan city underneath the modern Merida, Yucatan
T’hó –a Mayan city cited in historical documents – has been discovered and is now a topic in current archaeological discussions and research topics due to a joint UNAM and UADY research project. This project encompassed several steps, including the recording of material recovered from the city’s subsoil while monitoring urban infrastructure programs, as well as the study of historical documents and maps and finally verifying hypothesis by using g…
Geophysical Prospection at the Formative Site of Altica in the Teotihuacan Valley Piedmont
The Formative-period site of Altica in the Patlachique Range poses many methodological problems when designing an excavation strategy. Three millennia of erosion, twentieth-century chisel plowing, and modern reforestation efforts have destroyed or disturbed most surface architecture above the local tepetate bedrock. As such, in the early stages of the Altica Project, the primary concern was the detection and identification of subsurface features,…
Estudio De Conjuntos Departamentales Y Organización De Barrios Utilizando Sensores Remotos Y Geofísica en El Distrito De Tlajinga, Teotihuacan
Estudios geofísicos, técnicas de sensores remotos y realización de mapas topográficos con GPS diferencial y vehículos aéreos no tripulados (VANT) han proporcionado una mejor comprensión de la organización espacial de los conjuntos departamentales y barrios en Teotihuacán. Nuestras investigaciones demuestran que en contraste con el mapa producido por el Teotihuacan Mapping Project (TMP) (Millon et al. 1973), el distrito de Tlanjinga es más rectang…
Excavations at the Southern Neighborhood Center of the Tlajinga District, Teotihuacan, Mexico
Investigations of the Proyecto Arqueológico Tlajinga Teotihuacan (PATT) in 2019 focused on the southern neighborhood center of this cluster of non-elite residences in the southern periphery of the ancient Mexican metropolis. Our objective was to better understand the social infrastructure of public space within the district and how it tied its inhabitants together. Our methods included excavations at two large architectural complexes, geophysical…
Preserving Sunken Military Vessels as Underwater Cultural Heritage in Colombia
This study examines the legal challenges related to preserving sunken military vessels as Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) in Colombia. These challenges include Spanish galleon shipwrecks, limited international cooperation, and the lack of legal recognition for sunken military vessels under domestic law (Law 1675 of 2013). To address these issues, this article reviews the concepts of warship and sovereign immunity as they relate to the status o…
Integral archaeometric study in the San Juan river neighborhood of Teotihuacan (mexico)
Investigation of an underestimated area located in the center of Teotihuacan, The spatial relationship of the detected structures with the San Juan River
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