Format:
1 online resource (260 pages)
ISBN:
9780817383794
Content:
The field data and archaeological analysis of the first controlled excavations of the vast "City of the Gods" in central Mexico. In 1932, the Ethnographical Museum of Sweden sent an archaeological expedition to Mexico under the direction of Sigvald Linné to determine the full extent of this ancient Teotihuacan occupation and to collect exhibit-quality artifacts. Of an estimated 2000-plus residential compounds at Teotihuacan, only 20 apartmentlike structures were excavated at the time. Yet Linné's work revealed residential patterns that have been confirmed later in other locations. Some of the curated objects from the Valley of Mexico and the adjacent state of Puebla are among the most rare and unique artifacts yet found. Another important aspect of this research was that, with the aid of the Museum of Natural History in Washington, Linné's team conducted ethnographic interviews with remnant native Mexican peoples whose culture had not been entirely destroyed by the Conquest, thereby collecting and preserving valuable information for later research. Sigvald Linné was Professor of Ethnography at the University of Stockholm and Director of the Swedish National Museum of Ethnography until 1969. He published several other books, including The Technique of South American Ceramics. Staffan Brunius is Curator of the Americas at the National Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm. George L. Cowgillis Professor of Anthropology at Arizona State University and coeditor of The Collapse of Ancient States and Civilizations.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: The Early Swedish Americanist Tradition and the Contributions of Sigvald Linné (1899-1986) / Staffan Brunius -- Introduction to the 2003 Edition: Xolalpan after Seventy Years / George L. Cowgill -- Archaeological Researches at Teotihuacan, Mexico -- Contents -- Preface -- Introductory Notes -- Part I -- Excursions into Mexican Antiquity -- The Archaeological City of Teotihuacan -- Part II -- Archaeological Excavation Work at Teotihuacan in 1932 -- Las Palmas -- Xolalpan -- The Xolalpan House ruin -- The earliest portion of the ruin -- The altar of the central court -- Part III -- The Finds -- Archaeological Finds of the Teotihuacan Culture -- The earliest artifacts -- The graves -- Grave I -- Grave 2 -- Grave 3 -- Grave 4 -- Grave 5 -- Graves 6 and 7 -- Part IV -- Archaeological Finds of the Mazapan Culture -- Mazapan pottery types -- Graves -- The Xipe Totec figure -- Part V -- Finds of the Aztec Culture -- Part VI -- Miscellaneous Pottery Finds from Various Sites and of Various Cultures -- The Archaeological Site between Xolalpan and Las Palmas -- Stray Finds of Teotihuacan Pottery below the Floors at Xolalpan -- Foreign Elements among the Ceramic Finds -- Vessels decorated with figures in Relief, Maya style -- The yellowish-red pottery -- Polished Red Ware -- Plumbate Ware -- Pottery with Impressed Ornamentation -- Pottery with Moulded Ornaments -- Pottery with Impressed Patterns of Textile Plant Fibres -- Earthenware Roasting Dishes -- Incense Burners -- Candeleros -- Bowls with Inner Handles -- Clay Figurines -- Ear-Plugs -- Clay-Pellets -- Discs Made from Potsherds -- Clay-Moulds -- Clay-Stamps -- Spindle-Whorls -- Musical Instruments -- Part VII -- Stone Objects -- Stone axes -- Points and blades -- Masonry implements and rubbing-stones -- Bark-beaters -- Sculptural representations -- Stone vessels.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817312930
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780817312930
Language:
English
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