TY - JOUR
T1 - Dedicatory burial/offering complexes at the Moon Pyramid, Teotihuacan
T2 - A preliminary report of 1998-2004 explorations
AU - Sugiyamaa, Saburo
AU - Luján, Leonardo López
N1 - Funding Information:
The exploration of five burial/offering complexes at the Moon Pyramid was carried out during 1998–2004 with funding from Arizona State University, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the National Geographic Society, and the National Science Foundation. The project, a joint endeavor of Aichi Prefectural University, Arizona State University, and the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, was authorized by Mexico’s Consejo de Arqueología. We are particularly grateful to those who participated in the exploration of the burials, particularly to Martha Alfaro, David Andrade, Pedro Baños, Jorge Blancas, Alicia Blanco, Sonia Bracamontes, Diana Bustos, Teresa Cadiente, David Carballo, Jennifer Carballo, Matthew Chamberlin, Ximena Chávez, Roxana Enríquez, Guadalupe Espinoza, Laura Filloy, Hironori Fukuhara, José García, Claudia Garcia-Des Lauriers, Shigeru Kabata, Yuko Koga, Hirokazu Kotegawa, Hirotsugu Makimura, Jorge Martínez, Tatsuya Murakami, Luis Núñez, Yuko Ono, Zeferino Ortega, Grégory Pereira, Gilberto Pérez, Julia Pérez, Bernardo Rodríguez, Rebeca Rodríguez, Laura Roldán, Denis To, Raúl Valadez, Manuel Vera, Yuki Watanabe, and Osamu Yoshida and to
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - A series of highly elaborated burial/offering complexes have been discovered recently in association with seven superimposed monumental constructions at the Moon Pyramid. The archaeological contexts excavated during the past seven years indicate that these dedicatory complexes were symbols of a state religious ideology and communicated sociopolitical information on behalf of ruling elites. Rich artifacts made of obsidian, greenstone, shell, pyrite, ceramics, wood, and textile, as well as abundant skeletal remains of sacrificed animals and human beings, stand out in these unusual ritual deposits. Many of the offerings possess strong connotations of warfare and ritual sacrifice. After describing the five burial/offering complexes and discussing their possible function and religious significance, we conclude that, when the expanding Teotihuacan state orchestrated these monumental constructions, the most important ritual paraphernalia was buried in the new enlargement programs to express the ideology of sacred rulership.
AB - A series of highly elaborated burial/offering complexes have been discovered recently in association with seven superimposed monumental constructions at the Moon Pyramid. The archaeological contexts excavated during the past seven years indicate that these dedicatory complexes were symbols of a state religious ideology and communicated sociopolitical information on behalf of ruling elites. Rich artifacts made of obsidian, greenstone, shell, pyrite, ceramics, wood, and textile, as well as abundant skeletal remains of sacrificed animals and human beings, stand out in these unusual ritual deposits. Many of the offerings possess strong connotations of warfare and ritual sacrifice. After describing the five burial/offering complexes and discussing their possible function and religious significance, we conclude that, when the expanding Teotihuacan state orchestrated these monumental constructions, the most important ritual paraphernalia was buried in the new enlargement programs to express the ideology of sacred rulership.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0956536107000065
DO - 10.1017/S0956536107000065
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34548094908
SN - 0956-5361
VL - 18
SP - 127
EP - 146
JO - Ancient Mesoamerica
JF - Ancient Mesoamerica
IS - 1
ER -