by Adriana Sánchez It has been an intense week with the conclusion of the third field season (2017) of the PPCC. This includes putting the final touches on all pending fieldwork tasks: the last photo taken, the final line drawn, and the closing word of descriptions written in the notebook. We have just three days left for filling in the last four open excavation areas. The first of them extends over an area of 12 meters long by 3 meters…
Hello, everyone! We had an amazing turnout at the SAA’s 83rd Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, and had a wonderful time sharing with you just a snippet of our multidisciplinary work at the Plaza of the Columns Complex. On behalf of the PPCC team – past, present, and future – thank you so much for all the support! We resume excavations this summer and hope to continue exploring and sharing our findings straight to you.
Come join us at the Society for American Archaeology’s 2018 conference in Washington, D.C., on April 14th from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM in Washington Room 1. The team will be hosting a symposium on Project Plaza of the Columns Complex: New Investigation of a Civic-Administrative Complex at the Heart of Teotihuacan, Mexico. Come see what we’ve discovered so far, directly from our very own directors, archaeologists, and specialists. We’ll be presenting on various subjects, including LiDAR mapping, murals, human…
During the 2017 field season, the Plaza of the Columns Project used a special type of investigative tool called LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) to verify archaeological features out in the field. This method of remote sensing integrates GPS technologies, Inertial Measurement Unit, and lasers in order to collect altitudinal data. The combination of these sources help to define the surface of the terrain by generating digital elevation models (DEM) for us to further interpret and analyze. In general terms,…