Linda R Manzanilla
Biographic Data
| ID | 631916 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda R Manzanilla |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda R |
| FAMILY NAME | Manzanilla |
| SIGNATURE | MANZANILLA L R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9046-7549 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 42 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 422 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 39 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Introduction: What Happened after the Fall of Teotihuacan
The fall of Teotihuacan, associated with the internal revolt and the AD 550–570 “Great Fire,” shook Mesoamerica. Demographic displacements and military competition between sites were all characteristics of the subsequent Epiclassic period. This section will review data from my project “The Study of Tunnels and Caves in Teotihuacan (1987–1996),” behind the Pyramid of the Sun. Two of the four tunnels were extensively excavated and, for the first ti…
Pigments and craftsmanship: Color technology on Teotihuacan stucco-painted vessels and theater-type censers
Ciudades emblemáticas del pasado: De la ciudad primigenia (Uruk-Warka) a la megalópolis arquetípica (Teotihuacan)
Este trabajo aborda un tipo particular de asentamiento urbano que fue excepcional en su área, y constituyó un arquetipo en el centro de México; se trata de un asentamiento que experimentó procesos precoces de cambio en lo que V. Gordon Childe denominó “la revolución urbana”. Cuando se compara Teotihuacan (durante el periodo Clásico de Mesoamérica, 100-650 d.C.) con los primeros asentamientos urbanos de la Baja Mesopotamia durante el periodo Uruk …
A High-Resolution Chronology for the Palatial Complex of Xalla in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Combining Radiocarbon Ages and Archaeomagnetic Dates in a Bayesian Model
Teotihuacan is one of the most studied archaeological sites in Mesoamerica because of its exceptional size and urban planning; however, its last years of occupation and abandonment are still under debate. We report a high-resolution chronology for the Xalla complex integrating archaeomagnetic dates, radiocarbon ( 14 C) ages, and detailed archaeological information about sample type and context in a Bayesian model. The model includes 42 14 C ages …
Teotihuacan, an exceptional corporate society of Mesoamerica
This talk will review what I believe are the exceptional characteristics of the city of Teotihuacan in Mesoamerica of the Classic period: a huge planned settlement with an urban grid, a multiethnic society, a corporate organization. Teotihuacan, in Central Mexico, stands out as one of the largest pre-industrial urban sites, with characteristics that set this site apart as an exception in Mesoamerica. One of these characteristics is life in multif…
Characterization of color production in Xalla's palace complex, Teotihuacan
A multi-analytical approach was used to characterize color remains from Xalla, a Teotihuacan palace complex (project Teotihuacan, Elite and Government. Excavations in Xalla led by Linda R. Manzanilla). Color samples were obtained from polished lithic instruments and pigment ores. Those samples were analyzed combining microscopic and spectroscopic techniques. Our results coincide with previous studies in Teotihuacan, with the chromatic palette dis…
Teopancazco como centro de barrio multiétnico de Teotihuacan
A fines del siglo XIX, en un predio ubicado al este de la Calzada de los Muertos, entre los restos de un antiguo edificio teotihuacano, se descubrieron los fragmentos de una pintura mural. El hallazgo motivó las excavaciones arqueológicas dirigidas por Leopoldo Batres, quien despejó un sector de un conjunto arquitectónico conocido en la actualidad por el nombre de Teopancazco
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
El proceso de abandono de Teotihuacan y su reocupación por grupos epiclásicos
Teotihuacan fue, hoy podemos afirmarlo, el eje de la dinámica política del horizonte Clásico, en el centro de México. Con las recientes excavaciones extensivas en Teopancazco y Xalla dentro de mi proyecto Teotihuacan: élite y gobierno, hemos obtenido una serie de fechamientos arqueomagnéticos y radiocarbónicos que nos esclarecen la cronología de los diversos eventos que tuvieron lugar a la caída de la urbe (Manzanilla, en prensa
Multiethnicity and Migration at Teopancazco: Investigations of a Teotihuacan Neighborhood Center
Leporid management and specialized food production at Teotihuacan: Stable Isotope Data From Cottontail and Jackrabbit Bone Collagen
Procedencia de la mica de Teotihuacan: Control De Los Recursos Suntuarios Foráneos Por Las Élites Gobernantes
Este artículo tiene como tema la descripción de los contextos de hallazgo y proveniencia de la mica (flogopita o biotita) —una materia prima importada de los valles centrales de Oaxaca— en la gran metrópolis de Teotihuacan en el centro de México, durante el periodo Clásico (primeros 6 siglos de la Era cristiana). Más del 90% de la mica de Teotihuacan está concentrado en 2 complejos arquitectónicos: el Grupo Viking, al sur de la Pirámide del Sol, …
Storage in Ancient Complex Societies
Storage in Ancient Complex Societies: Administration, Organization, and Control
Dietary differences in individuals buried in a multiethnic neighborhood in Teotihuacan: Stable dental isotopes from Teopancazco
Provenance of glass shards in archaeological lime plasters by LA-ICP-MS: Implications for the ancient routes from the Gulf of Mexico to Teotihuacan in Central Mexico
Characterization of prehispanic cosmetics found in a burial of the ancient city of Teotihuacan (Mexico)
High-resolution chronology for the Mesoamerican urban center of Teotihuacan derived from Bayesian statistics of radiocarbon and archaeological data
A high-resolution 14 C chronology for the Teopancazco archaeological site in the Teotihuacan urban center of Mesoamerica was generated by Bayesian analysis of 33 radiocarbon dates and detailed archaeological information related to occupation stratigraphy, pottery and archaeomagnetic dates. The calibrated intervals obtained using the Bayesian model are up to ca. 70% shorter than those obtained with individual calibrations. For some samples, this i…
Provenance of the Limestone Used in Teotihuacan (Mexico): A Methodological Approach
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…
Domestic Ritual in Ancient Mesoamerica
Chapter 3. Houses and Ancestors, Altars and Relics: Mortuary Patterns at Teotihuacan, Central Mexico
This chapter reviews the mortuary program at Teotihuacan, one of the largest prehispanic cities in Mesoamerica during the Classic Period (ca. A.D. 150–750). Three different types of practices are identified: (1) domestic funerary rites and ancestors' care; (2) special individuals and relic care; and (3) human sacrifices. In terms of the first practice—which is the most common at Teotihuacan—the location, type of container, position, funerary good…
Site Characterization by Geophysical Methods in The Archaeological Zone of Teotihuacan, Mexico
Immigration and the Ancient City of Teotihuacan in Mexico: A Study Using Strontium Isotope Ratios in Human Bone and Teeth
Emergence and Change in Early Urban Societies
Immigration and the Ancient City of Teotihuacan in Mexico: A Study Using Strontium Isotope Ratios in Human Bone and Teeth
The Study of Activities in Classic Households: Two Case Studies from Coba and Teotihuacan
Mesoamerican household sites were often deserted gradually, leaving very little de facto refuse for analysis. Starting with archaeological and paleobiological distribution patterns, this study adds a new dimension to the spatial study of two Classic households by plotting chemical concentrations in probable activity areas
Corporate Groups and Domestic Activities at Teotihuacan
This article compares domestic subsistence, craft production, and ritual at several excavated apartment compounds in Teotihuacan, Mexico. A new methodological approach for studying activity areas was tested in a multifamily compound at Oztoyahualco 15B:N6W3 with the purpose of obtaining information on specific activities attributable to particular households. This approach combines the identification and mapping of chemical compounds in stucco fl…
Dating Results From Excavations in Quarry Tunnels Behind the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan
In this article we summarize the results of an ongoing project designed to study the tunnels and caves of Teotihuacan, emphasizing those findings derived from the excavation of four extraction tunnels located immediately to the east of the Pyramid of the Sun. In particular, we present radiocarbon and obsidian-hydration dates from the Cueva de las Varillas, where 13 Mazapan-phase burials were found and which has substantial evidence for a post-Teo…
Provenance of the Limestone Used in Teotihuacan (Mexico): A Methodological Approach
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…
Tula of the Toltecs: Excavations and Survey
Restos Humanos Asociados a la Pirámide de Akapana (Tiwanaku, Bolivia)
Este trabajo proporciona datos sobre las recientes excavaciones llevadas a cabo en la estructura de Akapana, Tiwanaku, Bolivia. Esta es la construcción religiosa más masiva y alta del sitio. Después de mencionar algunos datos de las temporadas de campo 1988 y 1989, se describe una serie de restos parciales humanos articulados, ubicados en un ángulo remetido del sector norte de la estructura. Los autores ofrecen una serie de hipótesis alternativas…
Provenance of glass shards in archaeological lime plasters by LA-ICP-MS: Implications for the ancient routes from the Gulf of Mexico to Teotihuacan in Central Mexico
Emergence and Change in Early Urban Societies
This book gives an overview of different factors involved in the emergence and change in early urban societies in fourth-millennium Mesopotamia and Egypt; pre-Shang China; Classie horizon Central Mexi
A Teotihuacan Censer in a Residential Context: An Interpretation
This article describes an elaborate “theater-type censer” found around a burial in a residential apartment compound of the Late Xolalpan phase excavated at Teotihuacan. It consists of a richly dressed human figure associated with representations of plants and food, clouds and flowers, and butterfly symbols. Its context and the associated elements attached to the censer evoke fire, death, and fertility symbolism
Leporid management and specialized food production at Teotihuacan: Stable Isotope Data From Cottontail and Jackrabbit Bone Collagen
Dietary differences in individuals buried in a multiethnic neighborhood in Teotihuacan: Stable dental isotopes from Teopancazco
Characterization of prehispanic cosmetics found in a burial of the ancient city of Teotihuacan (Mexico)
Site Characterization by Geophysical Methods in The Archaeological Zone of Teotihuacan, Mexico
Procedencia de la mica de Teotihuacan: Control De Los Recursos Suntuarios Foráneos Por Las Élites Gobernantes
Este artículo tiene como tema la descripción de los contextos de hallazgo y proveniencia de la mica (flogopita o biotita) —una materia prima importada de los valles centrales de Oaxaca— en la gran metrópolis de Teotihuacan en el centro de México, durante el periodo Clásico (primeros 6 siglos de la Era cristiana). Más del 90% de la mica de Teotihuacan está concentrado en 2 complejos arquitectónicos: el Grupo Viking, al sur de la Pirámide del Sol, …
Identifying a technological style in the making of lime plasters at Teopancazco (Teotihuacan, México)
A High-Resolution Chronology for the Palatial Complex of Xalla in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Combining Radiocarbon Ages and Archaeomagnetic Dates in a Bayesian Model
Teotihuacan is one of the most studied archaeological sites in Mesoamerica because of its exceptional size and urban planning; however, its last years of occupation and abandonment are still under debate. We report a high-resolution chronology for the Xalla complex integrating archaeomagnetic dates, radiocarbon ( 14 C) ages, and detailed archaeological information about sample type and context in a Bayesian model. The model includes 42 14 C ages …
Chapter 3. Houses and Ancestors, Altars and Relics: Mortuary Patterns at Teotihuacan, Central Mexico
This chapter reviews the mortuary program at Teotihuacan, one of the largest prehispanic cities in Mesoamerica during the Classic Period (ca. A.D. 150–750). Three different types of practices are identified: (1) domestic funerary rites and ancestors' care; (2) special individuals and relic care; and (3) human sacrifices. In terms of the first practice—which is the most common at Teotihuacan—the location, type of container, position, funerary good…
Unidades habitacionales excavadas en Cobá, Q.R
This paper resumes the data obtained in the Cobá Project (1983-84) with regard to the extensive excavation of two household clusters situated near causeway number 6, east of the Nohoch Mul group. A1 igual que en muchos asentamiento prehispánicos del área maya, en Cobá observamos una gran cantidad de estructuras pequeñas en superficie. Tales construcciones se han considerado como habitaciones, debido a su naturaleza “sencilla o humilde”, al compar…
Relación de los sismos ocurridos en la ciudad de México y sus efectos
Linda Manzanilla, Relación de los sismos ocurridos en la ciudad de México y sus efectos, Revista Mexicana de Sociología, Vol. 48, No. 2, Sismo: Desastre y Sociedad en la Ciudad de México (Apr. - Jun., 1986), pp. 265-282
The Study of Activities in Classic Households: Two Case Studies from Coba and Teotihuacan
Mesoamerican household sites were often deserted gradually, leaving very little de facto refuse for analysis. Starting with archaeological and paleobiological distribution patterns, this study adds a new dimension to the spatial study of two Classic households by plotting chemical concentrations in probable activity areas
Restos Humanos Asociados a la Pirámide de Akapana (Tiwanaku, Bolivia)
Este trabajo proporciona datos sobre las recientes excavaciones llevadas a cabo en la estructura de Akapana, Tiwanaku, Bolivia. Esta es la construcción religiosa más masiva y alta del sitio. Después de mencionar algunos datos de las temporadas de campo 1988 y 1989, se describe una serie de restos parciales humanos articulados, ubicados en un ángulo remetido del sector norte de la estructura. Los autores ofrecen una serie de hipótesis alternativas…
A Teotihuacan Censer in a Residential Context: An Interpretation
This article describes an elaborate “theater-type censer” found around a burial in a residential apartment compound of the Late Xolalpan phase excavated at Teotihuacan. It consists of a richly dressed human figure associated with representations of plants and food, clouds and flowers, and butterfly symbols. Its context and the associated elements attached to the censer evoke fire, death, and fertility symbolism
Tula of the Toltecs: Excavations and Survey
Caves and Geophysics: An Approximation to the Underworld of Teotihuacan, Mexico
This article describes the result of a geophysical survey in the vicinity of the most important construction of the ancient Prehispanic urban centre of Teotihuacan, Mexico. The survey was intended to locate a system of tunnels under the city. It is proposed that the system was originally dug to obtain construction materials, but afterwards it was used for ideological needs
Caves and Geophysics: An Approximation to the Underworld of Teotihuacan, Mexico
Dating Results From Excavations in Quarry Tunnels Behind the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan
In this article we summarize the results of an ongoing project designed to study the tunnels and caves of Teotihuacan, emphasizing those findings derived from the excavation of four extraction tunnels located immediately to the east of the Pyramid of the Sun. In particular, we present radiocarbon and obsidian-hydration dates from the Cueva de las Varillas, where 13 Mazapan-phase burials were found and which has substantial evidence for a post-Teo…
Corporate Groups and Domestic Activities at Teotihuacan
This article compares domestic subsistence, craft production, and ritual at several excavated apartment compounds in Teotihuacan, Mexico. A new methodological approach for studying activity areas was tested in a multifamily compound at Oztoyahualco 15B:N6W3 with the purpose of obtaining information on specific activities attributable to particular households. This approach combines the identification and mapping of chemical compounds in stucco fl…
Recapitulation and Concluding Remarks
Early Urban Societies
El concepto de inframundo en Teotihuacan
Introducción Muchos pueblos han equiparado los huecos en la corteza terrestre con la matriz femenina donde se gestan los nuevos seres. El mundo subterráneo también fue concebido como escenario de tránsito del sol muerto, oscuro, de occidente a oriente, con el fin de brillar de nuevo. Así, vida y muerte se articulan en los espacios del inframundo. La cueva tuvo para los pueblos prehispánicos una pluralidad de significados: refugio, sitio de habita…
Teotihuacan
Emergence and Change in Early Urban Societies
This book gives an overview of different factors involved in the emergence and change in early urban societies in fourth-millennium Mesopotamia and Egypt; pre-Shang China; Classie horizon Central Mexi
An Archaeological Interpretation of Geotechnical Soundings Under the Metropolitan Cathedral, Mexico City
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City has undergone alarmingly large differential settlings. An extensive geotechnical investigation programme was performed in its subsoil, as part of the studies required in an ongoing salvage project. The results of many of the soundings performed can be interpreted from the viewpoint of the archaeologist. This paper shows, based upon the framework provided by previous archaeological research performed in th…
Clarifying Latin American Antiquity's Mission: Considerations for Authors
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Emergence and Change in Early Urban Societies
Immigration and the Ancient City of Teotihuacan in Mexico: A Study Using Strontium Isotope Ratios in Human Bone and Teeth
Site Characterization by Geophysical Methods in The Archaeological Zone of Teotihuacan, Mexico
Domestic Ritual in Ancient Mesoamerica
Chapter 3. Houses and Ancestors, Altars and Relics: Mortuary Patterns at Teotihuacan, Central Mexico
This chapter reviews the mortuary program at Teotihuacan, one of the largest prehispanic cities in Mesoamerica during the Classic Period (ca. A.D. 150–750). Three different types of practices are identified: (1) domestic funerary rites and ancestors' care; (2) special individuals and relic care; and (3) human sacrifices. In terms of the first practice—which is the most common at Teotihuacan—the location, type of container, position, funerary good…
High-resolution chronology for the Mesoamerican urban center of Teotihuacan derived from Bayesian statistics of radiocarbon and archaeological data
A high-resolution 14 C chronology for the Teopancazco archaeological site in the Teotihuacan urban center of Mesoamerica was generated by Bayesian analysis of 33 radiocarbon dates and detailed archaeological information related to occupation stratigraphy, pottery and archaeomagnetic dates. The calibrated intervals obtained using the Bayesian model are up to ca. 70% shorter than those obtained with individual calibrations. For some samples, this i…
Provenance of the Limestone Used in Teotihuacan (Mexico): A Methodological Approach
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 of prehispanic cosmetics found in a burial of the ancient city of Teotihuacan (Mexico)
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