A Geoarchaeological Investigation of the Street of the Dead at the Tlajinga District, Teotihuacan, Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6034189 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mareike C Stahlschmidt, Mareike Stahlschmidt (0000-0002-0505-7570, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, corresponding author), E Mcclung De Tapia (0000-0003-1684-1069, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico), Ma Del Carmen Gutiérrez-Castorena (0000-0003-2387-0140, Colegio de Postgraduados) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 129-145 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ancient Mesoamerica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0956-5361 • E-ISSN: 1469-1787 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0956536118000238 |
| OpenAlex | W2936518929 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 37 |
Archaeological investigations undertaken by the Proyecto Arqueológico Tlajinga Teotihuacán are focused on understanding urban expansion and household economies in this southern district of the city. Our geoarchaeological research addresses similar topics through examination of relevant microstratigraphic and botanical signatures as well as those relevant to reconstructing paleoenvironment. We investigated four different contexts at Tlajinga: the southern extension of the Street of the Dead, an obsidian working area outside Compound 17:S3E1, anthropogenic and natural layers below Compound 18:S3E1, and a soil profile at the San Lorenzo river. We employed micromorphological, pollen, and phytolith analyses as well as standard soil analytics to study the various deposits in these contexts. Our analysis demonstrates artificial lowering of the tepetate for continuing the axis of the Street of the Dead, microdebitage from obsidian working outside Compound 17:S3E1, and the preservation of in situ burning activities at Compound 18:S3E1. Further, we reconstruct alluvial infilling of the Street of the Dead with pedogenetic overprinting and present further evidence on the occurrence and variability of the Black San Pablo Paleosol and its agricultural significance
Alluvium · Archaeology · Geography · Phytolith · Pollen · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology
Archaeological micromorphology in Latin America
Looking at Phytoliths in Archaeological Soil and Sediment Thin Sections
Excavation of an Obsidian Craft Workshop at Teotihuacan, Mexico
New Research at Teotihuacan’s Tlajinga District, 2012–2015
Subsistence Procurement and Production after the Demise of Teotihuacan
The Valley of Mexico
Ancient Teotihuacan
Soils and Micromorphology in Archaeology
Handbook for Soil Thin Section Description
The Basin of Mexico
Spatial variability of environment change in the Teotihuacan Valley during the Late Quaternary
Paleosol-sedimentary sequences of the Glacis de Buenavista, Central Mexico
Fluvial processes and paleopedogenesis in the Teotihuacan Valley, México
Geoarchaeological Investigations in Mesoamerica Move into the 21st Century
Teotihuacan
The Black San Pablo Paleosol of the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico
Pre‐Hispanic and Colonial Flood Plain Destabilization in the Texcoco Region and Lower Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico
A prehispanic Maya pit oven? Microanalysis of fired clay balls from the Puuc region, Yucatán, Mexico
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Microarchaeological Approaches to the Identification and Interpretation of Combustion Features in Prehistoric Archaeological Sites
IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP
Methods for Summarizing Radiocarbon Datasets
Radiocarbon Dates from Soil Profiles in the Teotihuacán Valley, Mexico
Tepetate in the Valley of Mexico∗
Excavation of an Obsidian Craft Workshop at Teotihuacan, Mexico
Estudio De Conjuntos Departamentales Y Organización De Barrios Utilizando Sensores Remotos Y Geofísica en El Distrito De Tlajinga, Teotihuacan
New Research at Teotihuacan’s Tlajinga District, 2012–2015
Identifying a technological style in the making of lime plasters at Teopancazco (Teotihuacan, México)
State and Society at Teotihuacan, Mexico
| Citations per year | 0.71 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |