References
INAH REPORTS
Sugiyama, Nawa, Saburo Sugiyama, and Luis Rogelio Rivero Chong. 2023. Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas, 6th Season Partial Report 2022. INAH technical file, Mexico City.
Sugiyama, Nawa, Saburo Sugiyama, Verónica Ortega, and William L. Fash. 2020. Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas, 5th Season Partial Report 2019. INAH technical file, Mexico City.
Sugiyama, Nawa, Saburo Sugiyama, Verónica Ortega, and William L. Fash. 2019. Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas, 4rd Season Partial Report 2018. INAH technical file, Mexico City.
Sugiyama, Nawa, Saburo Sugiyama, Verónica Ortega, David Carballo, and William L. Fash. 2018. Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas, 3rd Season Partial Report 2017. INAH technical file, Mexico City.
Sugiyama, Saburo, Verónica Ortega, Nawa Sugiyama, and David Carballo. 2017. Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas, 2nd Season Report 2016. INAH technical file, Mexico City.
Sugiyama, Saburo, Verónica Ortega, Nawa Sugiyama, and William L. Fash. 2016. Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas, 1st Season Report 2015. INAH technical file, Mexico City.
PRESENTATIONS
Cagnato, Clarissa and Nawa Sugiyama. 2022. The Maya at Teotihuacan: local and foreign plant foods as proxies for interactions during the early 4th century CE. Paper presented at the Moving Maya Conference. Paris, France.
Sugiyama, Nawa, and Saburo Sugiyama. 2022. Teotihuacan-Maya Diplomacy: Updates from Project Plaza of the Columns Complex & Ciudades Cosmicas. Paper presented at the Being Maya: Identity Ontology, Agency Workshop, Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico, August 3rd–5th, 2022.
Aguayo, Esther Nawa Sugiyama, Yen-Shin Hsu, and Christine France. 2022. Teotihuacan and the Missing Staple: An Analysis of Deer Use at Plaza ofthe Columns Complex. Paper presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Chicago, March 30th-April 3rd, 2022.
Clayton, Sarah, Nawa Sugiyama, and Karl Taube. 2022. Inscribing Clay and Stone: A Multimedia Study of Writing and Literacy at Teotihuacan. Paper presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Chicago, March 30th-April 3rd, 2022.
Sugiyama, Saburo, Nawa Sugiyama, Kazuhiro Sekiguchi, and Kuninori Iwashiro. 2022. A New Approach for the Cognition of Time, Space, and Rulership in the Cosmic City of Teotihuacan. Paper presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Chicago, March 30th-April 3rd, 2022.
Sugiyama, Nawa, Karl Taube, Saburo Sugiyama, and Ariel Texis. 2022. Pilgrimage from Center to Periphery: Petrographic Data from Cerro Patlachique. Paper presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Chicago, March 30th-April 3rd, 2022.
Sugiyama, Saburo, and Nawa Sugiyama. 2021. パリンプセスト・ランドスケープとしてのテオティワカン2000 年史. Poster presentation at the Fourth Integrative Human Historical Science of ‘Out of Eurasia’ conference.出ユーラシアの統合的⼈類史学 – ⽂明創出メカニズムの解明 ‒ 第四回全体会議. Online, January 9th, 2021.
Hsu, Teresa and Nawa Sugiyama. 2021. Playing with Your Food to Feed the Masses: A Zooarchaeological Perspective at Teotihuacan, Mexico. Paper presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Online.
Texis Muñoz, Ariel, Tanya Catignani, Nawa Sugiyama, and Saburo Sugiyama. 2021. Mapping Teotihuacan’s Inception: Patlachique Phase Ceramics Distribution on the Lidar Map. Paper presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Online.
Takatsuchi, Ryohei, Nawa Sugiyama, Saburo Sugiyama, Tanya Catignani, and Yolanda Peláez Castellanos. 2021. Spatial Distribution of Ceramics and Lithics at the Plaza of the Columns Complex, Teotihuacan, Mexico. Paper presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Online.
Sugiyama, Saburo and Nawa Sugiyama. 2020. Interactions between Teotihuacan and the Maya: Results of the excavations at the Plaza of the Columns. Paper presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Studies of Ancient America, Japan (online conference), December 5-6, 2020.
Sugiyama, Nawa. 2019. Urban Palimpsests Landscapes: Project Plaza of the Columns Complex. Paper presented as invited speaker for the 4th Shanghai Archaeology Forum, Shanghai, China.
Sugiyama, Nawa. 2019. Revisiting “Mesoamerica’s Classic Heritage”: Updates from Teotihuacan. Invited paper presented at the regional conference, When East Meets West: Chichen Itza, Tula, and Early Postclassic Mesoamerica, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA.
Sugiyama, Saburo and Nawa Sugiyama. 2019. Descubrimientos Recientes en Teotihuacan: Excavaciones en la Plaza de las Columnas. Presented at Colegio Nacional, La arqueología hoy, Mexico City.
Sugiyama, Saburo and Nawa Sugiyama. 2019. Recientes Hallazgos en Plaza de las Columnas. Invited Speaker at the Teotihuacan Archaeologial Park, Teotihuacan, Mexico.
Sugiyama, Saburo. 2019. Últimas perspectivas de la antigua ciudad de Teotihuacan y el Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas. Presented at the Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca, Oaxaca.
Sugiyama, Nawa, Tanya Catignani, Ariel Texis, and Saburo Sugiyama. 2019. Urban Palimpsest Landscapes: Interpreting the Teotihuacan LiDAR map. Paper Presented at the 84th Annual Society of American Archaeology Conference. Albuquerque, NM.
Wright, S.L., Dagtas, N., Hughes, K., Sugiyama, N., and Hofman, C.A. 2019. Biomolecular Preservation in Dental Calculus from the Teotihuacan Ritual Landscape. Paper Presented at the 84th Annual Society of American Archaeology Conference. Albuquerque, NM.
Symposium Project Plaza Of The Columns Complex: New Investigation Of A Civic-Administrative Complex At The Heart Of Teotihuacan, Mexico. 2018. Society for American Archeology, 83rd Annual Meeting. Washington D. C. Nawa Sugiyama Session Organizer
- Nawa Sugiyama, Saburo Sugiyama, Adrian Chase, Tanya Catignani, and Taylor Gibson Methods of LiDAR Mapping in Urban Landscapes: Introducing the Teotihuacan LiDAR Map
- David Carballo, Daniela Hernández Sariñana, Maria Codlin, Gina Buckley and Jorge Ortiz Hernández Activity Areas and Political Economy at Teotihuacan’s Plaza of the Columns: Investigations in Front E
- William Fash, Nawa Sugiyama, Barbara Fash, Mariela Pérez Antonio, and Alexis Hartford Maya-Teotihuacan Relations Viewed from Front D at the Plaza of the Columns
- Jose Luis Ruvalcaba, Paulina Guzmán, Edgar Casanova, Miguel Angel Maynez, and Isaac Rangel Technical Examination of Mural Painting Fragments from Plaza of the Columns Complex of Teotihuacan: A Comparative Study
- Jeff Stanley, Mariela Pérez Antonio, and Nawa Sugiyama
Spatial Distribution of Ceramic Sherds at the Plaza of the Columns, Teotihuacan, Mexico - Teresa Hsu, Nawa Sugiyama, Leila Martinez-Bentley, and Mónica Gómez Peña Zooarchaeology and Bioarchaeology: Ceremonial Feasts and Human Caches at Plaza of the Columns Complex, Teotihuacan
- Yolanda Peláez Castellanos, Nawa Sugiyama, and Agustín Ortíz
An Approximation towards the Function of Candeleros in the Plaza of the Columns Complex, Teotihuacan - Clarissa Cagnato
Macro- and Microbotanical Results from Select Archaeological Contexts in the Plaza of the Columns Complex, Teotihuacan, Mexico - Luis Barba, Jorge Blancas, and Agustín Ortíz
Geophysical Prospection at Plaza of the Columns Complex, Teotihuacan - Ana Soler-Arechalde, Cecilia Caballero-Miranda, Ma Carmen Osorio, and Itzayana Bernal Archaeomagnetic Dating Results of PPC Project
Sugiyama, N., Sugiyama, S., Ortega Cabrera, V., Fash, W.L., and Carballo, D.M. 2017. Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas: Investigación de un conjunto Cívico-Administrativo. Paper Presented at the 6th Mesa Redonda de Teotihuacan, Teotihuacan, Mexico.
Yen-Shin, T. Hsu and Nawa Sugiyama. 2017. ¿Que hay para cenar? Altas Concetraciones de Lepóridos y Codornices Como Indicadores de Festín en el Complejo Plaza de las Columnas en Teotihuacan, México. Poster presented at the 6th Mesa Redonda de Teotihuacan, Teotihuacan, Mexico.
Nawa Sugiyama, William Fash, and Barbara Fash. The Maya and Teotihuacan? New Insights into Teotihuacan-Maya Interactions from Plaza of the Columns Complex. Invited speaker, Dumbarton Oaks Library and Collection Symposium, “Teotihuacan: The World Beyond the City”, organized by Barbara Arroyo, Kenneth Hirth, and David Carballo. Washington, D.C. October 6-7, 2017.
Nawa Sugiyama, Saburo Sugiyama, Verónica Ortega Cabrera, and William L. Fash. 2016. Project Plaza of the Columns Complex, Teotihuacan: Scopes, Goals and Expectations of a New International Project. Paper presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology. Orlando, Florida.
PUBLICATIONS
Sugiyama, Nawa, Saburo Sugiyama, Clarissa Cagnato, Christine A. M. France, Atsushi Iriki, Karissa S. Hughes, Robin R. Singleton, Erin Thornton, and Courtney A. Hofman. 2022. Earliest evidence of primate captivity and translocation supports gift diplomacy between Teotihuacan and the Maya. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119(47): e2212431119.
Sugiyama, Nawa, and Saburo Sugiyama. 2021. メソアメリカの共生するヒトと動物たち：新たな「ドメスティケーション」パラダイムへ (Human-animal co-habitation in Mesoamerica: A new paradigm for “domestication”). 科学 (Science), Special Edition：文明をつくる力 (Synergies of Civilization) 91(2):193-199.
Sugiyama, Saburo, and Nawa Sugiyama. 2021. Monumental cityscape and polity at Teotihuacan. In Mesoamerican Archaeology: Theory and Practice, edited by Julia A. Hendon, Lisa Overholtzer, and Rosemary A. Joyce, pp. 98–128. 2nd edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ.
Sugiyama, Nawa, Saburo Sugiyama, Tanya Catignani, Adrian S.Z. Chase, and Juan C. Fernandez-Diaz. 2021. Humans as geomorphic agents: Lidar detection of the past, present and future of the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico. PLOS ONE 16(9): e0257550.
Manrique-Ortega, Mayra Dafne, Alejandro Mitrani, Edgar Casanova-González, Griselda Pérez-Ireta, Ma. Angélica García-Bucio, Isaac Rangel-Chávez, Valentina Aguilar-Melo, Oscar G. de Lucio, José Luis Ruvalcaba-Sil, Nawa Sugiyama, and Saburo Sugiyama. 2020. Material Study of Green Stone Artifacts from a Teotihuacan Complex. Materials and Manufacturing Processes 35(13):1431–1445.
Sugiyama, Nawa, William L. Fash, Barbara Fash, and Saburo Sugiyama.
2020. The Maya at Teotihuacan? New insights into Teotihuacan-Maya interactions from Plaza of the Columns Complex. Manuscript submitted for volume, Teotihuacan: The World Beyond the City, edited by Kenneth Hirth, David Carballo, and Barbara Arroyo, pp.139-171, Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia series, Dumbarton Oaks Reserch Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.
Sugiyama, Saburo, and Nawa Sugiyama. 2020. Interactions between ancient Teotihuacan and the Maya world. In The Maya World, edited by Scott R. Hutson and Traci Ardren, pp. 689–708. Taylor & Francis Group, Oxon and New York.
Sugiyama, Nawa, Saburo Sugiyama, Verónica Ortega, and William Fash. 2016. ¿Artistas mayas en Teotihuacan? Arqueología Mexicana XXIV, 8.
THESIS
Aguayo, Esther. 2020. The Curious Case of the White-Tailed Deer: An Analysis of Deer Use in the Ceremonial Center of Teotihuacan. (M. S. Thesis). George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
Guzmán García Lascurain, P. 2019. Caracterización espectroscópica de fragmentos de pintura mural Teotihuacana de estilo Maya (B.A. Thesis). Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Wright, S.L. 2019. Biomolectular Preservation in Dental Calculus from the Teotihuacan Ritual Landscape (M. S. Thesis). University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.
Bonomo, K.A. 2018. The Use of LiDAR Data to Indentify Ancient and Modern Structures in the Teotihuacan Valley (M. S. Thesis). George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
Peláez, Yolanda 2018. Los Candeleros del Complejo Plaza de las Columnas, Teotihuacan. (B.A. Thesis). Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Cholula, Puebla.
Stanley, J. 2017. A GIS Toolkig for Visualizing Excavation Data from the Plaza of the Columns, Teotihuacan, Mexico (M. S. Thesis). George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
MEDIA
February 20th, 2024. Unearthing the Mysteries of Teotihuacan. UCR Magazine.
August 23rd, 2023. Destacan labor de arqueólogo japonés en Teotihuacan. La Jornada.
August 22nd, 2023. Noticias 22 (Reportaje sobre PPCC). Canal 22.
November 23rd, 2022. Remains of a Spider Monkey Traded by Ancient Maya Elites Found in Mexico. Gizmodo.
November 22nd, 2022. Monkey sacrifice is a gift for historians. The Times
November 21st, 2022. This 1,700-year-old sacrificial monkey has a surprising tale. National Geographic.
November 21st, 2022. Sacrificed monkey suggests peaceful ties between ancient Mesoamerican powers, a spider monkey may have been a diplomtic gift from the Maya to Teotihuacan. Science
January 19th, 2021. Why Was the Pyramid of the Sun Built? Discover Magazine
2020. Maya: Ancient Metropolis Teotihuacan, Documentary interviewee, A La Famiglia production, France. Aired in RMC Découverte (Fall 2020), and Histoire TV (Winter, 2021).
March 16th, 2020. Choque de imperios en Mesoamérica. Historia, National Geographic
February 27th, 2020. ‘Astounding new finds’ suggest ancient empire may be hiding in plain sight. Science
June 28th, 2019. Interactions Between The Ancient Maya And The City Of Teotihuacan Revealed By New Excavations. Forbes
June 14th, 2019. Nuevos hallazgos en Teotihuacan revelan relación con mayas entre 350 y 450 d.C. Boletín INAH
June 13th, 2019. Élites Mayas participaban en eventos en Teotihuacan. El Universal
June 13th, 2019. Nuevos hallazgos en Teotihuacan revelan relación con Cultura Maya. La Razón
June 12th, 2019. Descubrimientos recientes en Teotihuacan: excavaciones en la Plaza de las Columnas. El Colegio Nacional
September 24th, 2018. La élite maya residió en Teotihuacan, revelan hallazgos en la Plaza de las Columnas. El Economista
September 23rd, 2018. Alianza en la Ciudad de los Dioses: hallan nueva evidencia del contacto entre mayas y teotihuacanos. Animal Político.
September 23rd, 2018. Gobernantes mayas vivieron en Teotihuacan. Milenio
September 22nd, 2018. Avanza el Proyecto Complejo de las Columnas. La Jornada
November 13th, 2018. Native America. Cities of the Sky. Public Broadcasting Service