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Welcome students of Xochicalli School to the PPCC

Welcome students of Xochicalli School to the PPCC

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Author: Edsel RoblesTranslation: Yun GeEditors: Thania Ibarra and Sol TéllezPhotographs: Mayté Espinoza The excitement of the visit from the Xochicalli School students One week before, our PI, Dr. Nawa Sugiyama, informed us that we would be receiving special visitors at the Plaza of the Columns. Our primary visitors are researchers, but this time they would be preschool and high school students. At first, we were a little hesitant, because none of us had studied pedagogy before, but the enthusiasm of…

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A Day in the Dirt at Teotihuacan

A Day in the Dirt at Teotihuacan

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by Justin Tran Introduction On the surface, archaeology appears simple – go to an archaeological site, start digging down, and haul out all the ancient ‘stuff’ that you can find. But in reality, archaeology involves a great degree of precise and hard work, alongside careful planning and execution in day-to-day operations. Much of the work on an excavation starts even before the first shovel hits the dirt. From simply setting up the excavation early in the morning, to survey and…

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