Archaeology of Teotihuacan, Mexico
These pages about the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, Teotihuacan, Mexico, have been designed
for students, scholars and the general public. The information used here is provided by an
international archaeological research project focused on the Feathered Serpent Pyramid at
Teotihuacan. The documents complement hard-copy publications in Spanish and English which
are currently being prepared by the same project. In addition to summarizing material
included in these publications, these pages also contain information which the hard-copies
do not. One of the main goals of this project is to provide a means by which new data
about the Feathered Serpent Pyramid and Teotihuacan can be presented and regularly
updated. We hope that information and interpretations encountered in these pages will
promote discussion and encourage the exchange of new insights and perspectives that will
further interdisciplinary projects in Mesoamerican culture and history.
The pages are organized hierarchically, as shown in the table of contents below. The
general index map attached to the bottom of each page can be used to move rapidly to the
head page in each category. Previous and Next buttons are useful for those who want to
read the pages in hierarchical order. Most of the photos, maps, and plans that accompany
the texts have a large version for those who want to examine them in more detail. Just
click on them to get larger version.
We plan to expand these pages in a variety of ways in the near future. The pages currently
available are experimental; some are still under construction and/or may be replaced with
expanded versions. Please revisit us in the future for new and updated versions.
movies 1 Architecture of the Feathered Serpent Pyramid: General
movies 2 Iconography of the Feathered Serpent
Pyramid movie
3 Graves at the Feathered Serpent Pyramid: General
movie 4 Osteology of the Individuals Buried at the
Feathered Serpent Pyramid: General
5 Offerings: General
6 Looting Episodes at the Feathered
Serpent Pyramid movie
7 Chronology: General
Technical Notes
The
Project Templo de Quetzalcoatl was backed jointly by Arizona State University (ASU) and
the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH); funding was provided by
the National Geographic Society, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National
Science Foundation, the Arizona State University Foundation, and others. Field work was
carried out under the direction of Rubén Cabrera C. (INAH), George L. Cowgill (ASU),
Saburo Sugiyama (ASU), and Carlos Serrano (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México).
These WWW documents were prepared by Sugiyama with the assistance of Michael Ritchie
(computer/HTML) and Ian Robertson (language support), and stored in a server at the
Archaeological Research Institute, Department of Anthropology, ASU. All rights are
reserved; those who wish to use materials published in these pages for purposes beyond
non-profit education or research should contact the authors.
