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A Long Architectural Sequence at Teotihuacán*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

René Millon and
James A. Bennyhoff
René Millon
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, Calif.
James A. Bennyhoff
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, Calif.
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Abstract

A series of superimposed structures spanning the Preclassic, Classic and Postclassic periods was uncovered in 1959 in the Oztoyahualco zone of the ancient city of Teotihuacán in the Valley of Mexico. Superimposed structures spanning so long a period have not previously been found in the Valley. The earliest structures in the sequence are earth floors of the Tzacualli (Teotihuacán I) phase, beneath which were found a number of caches of broken pottery and other objects. These are followed by massive, concrete, ceremonial structures of the Xolalpan (Teotihuacán III) phase and above these are structures built after the fall of Teotihuacán. The nature and distribution of these successive structures is such as to suggest that the locality became sacred in Tzacualli times and maintained this sacred character even after the fall of Teotihuacán. The Tzacualli structures receive primary attention in the discussion because of their importance.

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American Antiquity , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , April 1961, pp. 516 - 523
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1961

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An earlier version of this paper was read at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Mexico, December, 1959.

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