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Teotihuacan (/ t eɪ ˌ oʊ t iː w ə ˈ k ɑː n /; [1] Spanish: Teotihuacán, Spanish pronunciation: [teotiwa'kan] ⓘ; modern Nahuatl pronunciation ⓘ) is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub-valley [2] of the Valley of Mexico, which is located in the State of Mexico, 40 kilometers (25 mi) northeast of modern-day Mexico City.
Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological site of Monte Albán: Oaxaca: 1987 415; i, ii, iii, iv (cultural) Monte Albán is the main archaeological site of the Oaxaca Valley which flourished from c. 500 BCE under the Olmecs, Zapotecs, and Mixtecs. The successive cultures created terraces, dams, pyramids (pictured), and artificial mounds.
Xochicalco (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ʃot͡ʃiˈkaɬko] ⓘ) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Miacatlán in the western part of the Mexican state of Morelos. The name Xochicalco may be translated from Nahuatl as "in the house of Flowers". The site is located 38 km southwest of Cuernavaca, about 122 km by road from Mexico City. The site ...
He attended Penn State University, [3] where he graduated with a BA in history. He then pursued graduate studies in anthropology at Penn State, earning his MA under the supervision of archaeologist William T. Sanders in 1965. His thesis was The Use of Ethnographic Data for Archaeological Interpretation of the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico. [4]
"Shanghai Archaeology Forum Field Discovery Award 2013" (Moon Pyramid Project, Teotihuacan), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (2013). "Annual Book Award", Association for Latin American Art (2014). "Premio Nacional de las Artes Gráficas", Unión de Empresarios de la Comunicación Gráfica (2016).
The Temple of the Feathered Serpent is the third largest pyramid [1] at Teotihuacan, a pre-Columbian site in central Mexico (the term Teotihuacan, or Teotihuacano, is also used for the whole civilization and cultural complex associated with the site). This pre-Columbian city rose around the first or second century BCE and its occupation ...
One archaeological site located near Holmul, called La Sufricaya, includes painted murals which seem to suggest some degree of foreign involvement in the Holmul Domain. Foreigners in the region may have been from Teotihuacan, or possibly from Tikal. This could have drastic implications for traditional understanding of the relationship between ...
Teotihuacan takes its name from the ancient city and World Heritage Site that is located next to the municipal seat. "Teotihuacan" is from Nahuatl and means "place of the gods." In Nahua mythology the Sun and the Moon were created here. The seal of the municipality features the Pyramid of the Sun from the archeological site, which represents ...