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November 13, 2024Blog / NewsThe book “Animal Matter. Ritual, Place, and Sovereignty at the Moon Pyramid of Teotihuacan” by Dr. Nawa Sugiyama is now available. It comprises zooarchaeological, isotopic, iconographic, and excavation information about the animals found in dedicatory caches at the Moon Pyramid. For a limited time, it is possible to read the first chapter for free at the following link: https://academic.oup.com/book/58206/chapter/481601981 This is the chapter’s abstract: This chapter introduces the main protagonists and the theoretical framework underpinning the study of nearly two…
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May 2, 2024Blog / NewsThis year, the 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology took place in New Orleans, from April 17th to 21st . Several members of the project participated with the following presentations: [...]
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June 28, 2023Blog / NewsHere is the poster of the conference “The Creation of Royalty in “Out of Eurasia” civilizations: Exploring the mechanism of the Emergence of Transcendent Power” that will take place from June 30th to July 2nd at the Meiji University. Some members of the project will be participating. [...]
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June 28, 2023Blog / NewsThe exhibition “Ancient Mexico: Maya, Aztec and Teotihuacan” was inaugurated at the Tokio National Museum. This temporary exhibition was managed and curated by Dr. Saburo Sugiyama and will last until September 3rd 2023. Here is the link to the exhibition’s website: https://mexico2023.exhibit.jp/?fbclid=IwAR2GsnSGVDZOcSwy_NwUj5mPYKJCKBbtiyt809sNiWMiQ63HsRYn4kUehjw Here are some videos of the exhibition: Moreover, if you speak Japanese and want to know more about Teotihuacan, you can check out this book written by Dr. Saburo Sugiyama. UPDATE. Don’t miss the opportunity to visit the…
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November 30, 2022Blog / NewsThe Moving Maya Conference, organized by Clarissa Cagnato and Juliette Danfakha will take place on December 7th and 8th 2022 at the Musée du quai Branly–Jacques Chirac, Paris, France. Clarissa Cagnato and Nawa Sugiyama will present the paper “The Maya at Teotihuacan: local and foreign plant foods as proxies for interactions during the early 4th century CE”. [...]
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September 19, 2022Blog / NewsThe Symposium “Proyecto Teotihuacan Sesenta Años 1962-2022” will take place on September 20th to 23rd 2022 from 16:00 to 19:00 at the Jaime Torres Bodet auditorium in the National Museum of Anthropology. Dr. Nawa Sugiyama will present the paper “Construcción y simbolismo de la Pirámide del Sol de Teotihuacan” on Wednesday, September 21st at 17:30 (CT). [...]
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March 30, 2022Blog / NewsCome join us at the Society for American Archaeology’s 2022 conference in Chicago, Illinois. Our team members have prepared the following presentations this year: SATURDAY, APRIL 2 SYMPOSIUM INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPLORATIONS OF URBANISM ,POLITY , AND DAILY L IFE IN TEOTIHUACAN AND BEYOND :S YMPOSIUM IN MEMORY OF GEORGE COWGILLRoom: Lake HuronTime: 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.Chairs: Nawa Sugiyama, Sarah Clayton and Saburo SugiyamaParticipants:9:00 Saburo Sugiyama, Nawa Sugiyama, Kazuhiro Sekiguchi and KuninoriIwashiro—A New Approach for the Cognition of Time, Space, andRulership in the Cosmic City of Teotihuacan9:15 Verónica Ortega Cabrera—Las ofrendas de la Plaza de la LunaTeotihuacán, evidencias del complejo ritual9:30 Emily McClung de Tapia and Laura Beramendi-Orosco—LandscapeFormation/Transformation in the…
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January 22, 2022Blog / NewsThis online symposium gathers some of the most renown scientists that investigate Teotihuacan and the Maya area. The schedule is: Sunday, February 13, 2022 18:00-19:00 (CT)Oswaldo Chincilla— NUEVAS PREGUNTAS SOBRE LA INTERACCIÓN ENTRE ESCUINTLA Y TEOTIHUACÁN 19:00-20:00 (CT)Bárbara Arroyo— LAS RELACIONES A LARGA DISTANCIA ENTRE TEOTIHUACAN Y EL ALTIPLANO MAYA 20:15-21:15 (CT)Edwin Román— NUEVOS APORTES Y PERSPECTIVAS AL ESTUDIO DE LA INTERACCIÓN ENTRE TIKAL Y TEOTIHUACÁN 21:15-22:15 (CT)Karl Taube— EL PETÉN, LA CULTURA MAYA Y TEOTIHUACÁN Monday, February 14, 2022…
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September 22, 2021Blog / Newsby Yolanda Peláez Castellanos Teotihuacan was one of the most influential cities in Mesoamerica, and descriptions of its grandeur during its occupation from around 100 BCE to 550 CE have been frequently mentioned in literature. At its height, the metropolis had between 75,000 to 125,000 inhabitants and extended over an area of some 20 km2 (7.72 mi2). The biggest building in the city, the Sun Pyramid, stands at 63 m (206.69 ft) tall with each of the four sides of…
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July 14, 2021Blog / Newsby Yolanda Peláez Castellanos Today, it is very easy to photograph and document the world around us. For example, people visiting Teotihuacan can take countless photos and share them on social media immediately; however, in the past, it was much harder to capture and reproduce images. The lithographs, paintings, and photographs from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century demonstrate the many changes that the archaeological zone of Teotihuacan has undergone. Most of the…
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