Archaeology of Teotihuacan, Mexico
A large
number of offerings were reported to have been found in an excavation located
in front of the staircase of the FSP (Pérez 1939; Rubín de
la Borbolla 1947). (Photo left) The excavation by Cowgill and Oralia Cabrera
in 1988 revealed that a large pit found 2 m west of the staircase exactly
on the east-west central line of the Feathered Serpent Pyramid (General Map) had been thoroughly looted before it was sealed
by the Adosada construction (Cowgill and O. Cabrera 1991). Therefore, the
offerings previously reported may have belonged to this pit. The pit might
have been made for a primary burial associated with the Feathered Serpent
Pyramid.
Other
offerings were discovered further west under the Adosada (Photo upper right:
pit excavation in front of the staircase). They had been located in fill
without clear evidence of association with burials or graves. Stratigraphic
data obtained by a pit excavation by Cabrera and Cowgill indicate that the
offerings seem to have been independent caches possibly associated with
the construction of the Feathered Serpent Pyramid. The new excavation also
uncovered offerings similar to those found previously (Photos left and right).
