Residential Compound Organization and the Evolution of the Teotihuacan State

Bibliographic Data

ID6033775
AuthorsR Storey (0000-0002-3280-5087, University of Houston, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume2
Issue1
Pages107-118
Publication date1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAncient Mesoamerica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0956-5361 • E-ISSN: 1469-1787
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0956536100000420
OpenAlexW2111838658
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited6

Changes in the nature of social stratification and economic organization during the history of the urban center of Teotihuacan are charted using information from the residential compound of Tlajinga 33. This lower-class, artesanal compound yielded evidence of craft specialization and mortuary patterns that allow investigation of changes in economic specialization and differentiation of internal status through time. From the mortuary evidence it appears that Tlajinga 33 became poorer and reduced its internal status divisions from Early Tlamimilolpa to Late Xolalpan-Metepec times. The craft specialization of the residents changed from one of probable autonomy to one where the compound contributed to a neighborhood specialization. These changes support evidence from other researchers that Teotihuacan became more rigid in organization and socially stratified through time. The urban society was thus characterized by social and economic change during its apogee

Archaeology · Autonomy · Biology · Craft · Economic geography · Geography · Political science · Social organization · Social science · Social stratification · Sociology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Latin American history and culture

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