Zooarchaeology, manufacture and ritual clothing at the ancient city of Teotihuacán, Mexico

The city of Teotihuacan (I-VI centuries AD) is the most studied Prehispanic urban center in Mexico from the archaeological and archaeozoological points of view. This allows us to know how faunal resources were managed. Generally leporids, dogs, deer, ducks and turkeys are the most frequently found,...

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Autores principales: Manzanilla, Linda R, Rodríguez Galicia, Bernardo, Pérez Roldán, Gilberto, Valadez Azúa, Raúl
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spelling I28-R145-1844_oai2025-11-17 Manzanilla, Linda R Rodríguez Galicia, Bernardo Pérez Roldán, Gilberto Valadez Azúa, Raúl 2015-11-02 The city of Teotihuacan (I-VI centuries AD) is the most studied Prehispanic urban center in Mexico from the archaeological and archaeozoological points of view. This allows us to know how faunal resources were managed. Generally leporids, dogs, deer, ducks and turkeys are the most frequently found, particularly related to food consumption activities. In the Teopancazco neighborhood center, which has been extensively excavated from 1997-2005 by Linda R. Manzanilla and her team, a series of adjacent rooms (particularly C251A) show faunal abundance and species diversity way beyond what is generally observed at that site. This fact is complemented by the abundance of bone instruments, particularly needles and instruments for hide preparation. The analysis of all the data allowed us to propose that this space was used as part of the tailoring activities of attires and headdresses used by the intermediate elite that administered the neighborhood in their ritual activities, an option backed by the mural paintings at the site, which represent the “ocean priests”, as Kubler once mentioned. With the spatial analysis of the adjacent rooms, we may propose that the “tailors’ shop” was used as such during two centuries (AD 350-550).  La ciudad de Teotihuacan (siglos I-VI d.C.) es el centro urbano del México prehispánico más estudiado a nivel arqueológico y arqueozoológico, lo cual permite conocer la forma en que eran manejados los recursos animales. Generalmente los lepóridos, perros, venados, anátidos y pavos constituyen la gran mayoría de los restos arqueo­zoológicos descubiertos, involucrados principalmente con actividades de alimentación. En el centro de barrio de Teopancazco, excavado extensivamente de 1997 a 2005 por Linda R. Manzanilla y su equipo, fue descubierto un grupo de cuartos adyacentes (particularmente C251A) cuya abundancia de restos faunísticos y diversidad de especies rebasa por mucho lo que generalmente se observa, condición complementada por la abundancia de he­rramientas de hueso, principalmente agujas de costura e instrumentos para el trabajo de pieles. El análisis de esta colección llevó a la propuesta de que en este espacio se confeccionaban vestimentas rituales que utilizaba la elite intermedia que regía el centro de barrio, opción apoyada por la existencia de murales en donde aparecen persona­jes ataviados con indumentarias que portan gran cantidad de elementos de origen animal, particularmente marino (el “sacerdote del océano”, según Kubler). El análisis de esta colección permitió proponer que esta actividad de confección y costura había abarcado un espacio de dos siglos (350-550 d.C.). application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/1844 10.34096/arqueologia.t17.n0.1844 spa Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/1844/1727 Arqueología; Vol. 17 (2011); 221-246 Arqueología; Vol. 17 (2011); 221-246 1853-8126 0327-5159 Zooarchaeology Manufactured Bones Teotihuacan Teopancazco Zooarqueología Manufactura Hueso Trabajado Teotihuacan Teopancazco Zooarchaeology, manufacture and ritual clothing at the ancient city of Teotihuacán, Mexico Arqueozoología y manufactura de vestimentas rituales en la antigua ciudad de Teotihuacan, México info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=1844_oai
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topic Zooarchaeology
Manufactured Bones
Teotihuacan
Teopancazco
Zooarqueología
Manufactura
Hueso Trabajado
Teotihuacan
Teopancazco
spellingShingle Zooarchaeology
Manufactured Bones
Teotihuacan
Teopancazco
Zooarqueología
Manufactura
Hueso Trabajado
Teotihuacan
Teopancazco
Manzanilla, Linda R
Rodríguez Galicia, Bernardo
Pérez Roldán, Gilberto
Valadez Azúa, Raúl
Zooarchaeology, manufacture and ritual clothing at the ancient city of Teotihuacán, Mexico
topic_facet Zooarchaeology
Manufactured Bones
Teotihuacan
Teopancazco
Zooarqueología
Manufactura
Hueso Trabajado
Teotihuacan
Teopancazco
description The city of Teotihuacan (I-VI centuries AD) is the most studied Prehispanic urban center in Mexico from the archaeological and archaeozoological points of view. This allows us to know how faunal resources were managed. Generally leporids, dogs, deer, ducks and turkeys are the most frequently found, particularly related to food consumption activities. In the Teopancazco neighborhood center, which has been extensively excavated from 1997-2005 by Linda R. Manzanilla and her team, a series of adjacent rooms (particularly C251A) show faunal abundance and species diversity way beyond what is generally observed at that site. This fact is complemented by the abundance of bone instruments, particularly needles and instruments for hide preparation. The analysis of all the data allowed us to propose that this space was used as part of the tailoring activities of attires and headdresses used by the intermediate elite that administered the neighborhood in their ritual activities, an option backed by the mural paintings at the site, which represent the “ocean priests”, as Kubler once mentioned. With the spatial analysis of the adjacent rooms, we may propose that the “tailors’ shop” was used as such during two centuries (AD 350-550). 
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Rodríguez Galicia, Bernardo
Pérez Roldán, Gilberto
Valadez Azúa, Raúl
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Rodríguez Galicia, Bernardo
Pérez Roldán, Gilberto
Valadez Azúa, Raúl
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title Zooarchaeology, manufacture and ritual clothing at the ancient city of Teotihuacán, Mexico
title_short Zooarchaeology, manufacture and ritual clothing at the ancient city of Teotihuacán, Mexico
title_full Zooarchaeology, manufacture and ritual clothing at the ancient city of Teotihuacán, Mexico
title_fullStr Zooarchaeology, manufacture and ritual clothing at the ancient city of Teotihuacán, Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Zooarchaeology, manufacture and ritual clothing at the ancient city of Teotihuacán, Mexico
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publisher Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
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