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The Formation and Ideology of Ancient States in the Middle America: Excavations at the Moon Pyramid, Teotihuacan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14251017
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section海外学術
Research Field 考古学(含先史学)
Research InstitutionAichi Prefectural University

Principal Investigator

SUGIYAMA Saburo  Aichi Prefectural University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Professor, 外国語学部, 教授 (40315867)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SATO Etsuo  Toyama University of International Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor, 人文社会学部, 助教授 (40235320)
UEDA Shintaroh  University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Faculty of Science, Department of Biological Science, Associate Professor, 大学院・理学系研究科, 助教授 (20143357)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥37,050,000 (Direct Cost: ¥28,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥8,550,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥9,750,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,250,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥12,220,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,820,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥15,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,480,000)
KeywordsNew World Archaeology / Mesoamerica / Teotihuacan / The Pyramid of the Moon / Ancient Urbanization / Monument / Human Sacrifice / Militarism / 国家の起源 / 古代文明
Research Abstract

The Moon Pyramid, one of the main monuments in Teotihuacan, Mexico, was intensively excavated in order to understand the state ideology, the political structure, and the urbanization process of this planned ancient city. As a joint project with the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History, we carried out three to five month fieldwork in 2002, 2003, and 2004. Our tunnel excavation into the core of the Moon Pyramid revealed that there were seven architectural stages (named one to seven), each one superimposed above its earlier one, and that there were five burial complexes. Burial 5, explored at the upper floor of the 5^<th> building in 2002, was composed of three human skeletons of high social status with exceptionally rich offerings, including jadeite personal ornaments that indicated rulership for Maya elites. A new tunnel excavated into-the three-dimensionally center of the 5^<th> building uncovered new tomb called Burial 6. This contained 12 individuals, abundant sacrificed animal remains, and rich offerings. All twelve individuals were evidently victims of a sacrificial ritual, as they were found their hands in a tied position behind their backs, and ten of them completely lacked their cranium, indicating that they were decapitated. Trenches and pits were excavated around the perimeter of the pyramid in order to temporally and spatially locate the Moon Pyramid in its city-wide context. As a result, the long modification process of the Moon Plaza complex is now well understood; the process appears to have reflected expanding state politics, and the contents of the burials would have represented the state ideology and characteristics of its government; particularly, sacrificial rituals and military institutions was stressed as a fundamental factor of the state formation and transformation.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (29 results)

All 2005 2004 2003 2002 Other

All Journal Article (18 results) Book (6 results) Publications (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] Noticias: Se localiza otra ins6lita ofrenda en la Piramide de la Luna, Teotihuacan (co-authored with R. Cabrera)2005

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Journal Title

      Arqueologia Mexicana Vol. XII Num. 71

      Pages: 12-13

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Noticias : Se localiza otra insolita ofrenda en la Piramide de la Luna, Teotihuacan2005

    • Author(s)
      Saburo Sugiyama, Ruben Cabrera Castro
    • Journal Title

      Arqueologia Mexicana Vol.XII, Num.71

      Pages: 12-13

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Se localiza otra insolita ofrenda en la Piramide de la Luna, Teotihuacan2004

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Journal Title

      Arqueologia Mexicana XII(71)

      Pages: 12-13

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] テオティワカンの土器についての一考察(2)2004

    • Author(s)
      佐藤悦夫
    • Journal Title

      富山国際大学人文社会学部紀要 4

      Pages: 25-36

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Human-specific amino acid changes found in 03 protein-coding genes2004

    • Author(s)
      Ueda Sintaroh
    • Journal Title

      Mol.Biol.Evol 21(5)

      Pages: 936-944

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Study of Teotihuacan Ceramics No. 22004

    • Author(s)
      Sato, Etsuo
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 4

      Pages: 25-36

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Human-specific amino acid changes found in 03 protein-coding genes2004

    • Author(s)
      Kitano T, Liu YH, Ueda S, Saitou N
    • Journal Title

      Mol. Biol. Evol. 21(5)

      Pages: 936-944

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Human-specific amino acid changes found in 03 protein-coding genes2004

    • Author(s)
      Kitano T, Liu YH, Ueda S, Saitou N.
    • Journal Title

      Mol.Biol.Evol. 21(5)

      Pages: 936-944

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Hallazgos recientes en la Piramide de la Luna2003

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Journal Title

      Arqueologia Mexicana XI(64)

      Pages: 42-49

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] メソアメリカの「聖数」2003

    • Author(s)
      杉山三郎
    • Journal Title

      考古学ジャーナル 500

      Pages: 19-23

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Chapter 7: Governance and Polity at Classic Teotihuacan2003

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Journal Title

      Mesoamerican Archaeology: Theory and Practice. Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology (edited by J. Hendon and R. Joyce) (Blackwell Publishing, Oxford)

      Pages: 97-123

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Sacred Numbers in Mesoamerica2003

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Journal Title

      Archaeology Journal (in Japanese) vol. 500

      Pages: 19-23

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Hallazgos recientes en la Piramide de la Luna (co-authored with R. Cabrera)2003

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Journal Title

      Arqueologia Mexicana vol. XI Num. 64

      Pages: 42-49

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] テオティワカンの土器についての一考察(1)2002

    • Author(s)
      佐藤悦夫
    • Journal Title

      富山国際大学人文社会学部紀要 2

      Pages: 59-74

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Militarismo plasmado en Teotihuacan2002

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Journal Title

      Ideologia y Politica a traves de Materiales, Imagenes y Simbolos: Primera Mesa Redonda de Teotihuacan (edited by Ma. Elena Ruiz Gallut) (INAH/Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City)

      Pages: 185-209

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] El Vaso 9-Xi: Un Recipiente Teotihuacano Encontrado en las Ruinas de Tenochtitlan (co-authored with L. Lopez and H. Neff. Ideologia y Politica a traves de Materiales, Imagenes y Simbolos)2002

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Journal Title

      Primera Mesa Redonda de Teotihuacan (edited by Ma. Elena Ruiz Gallut) (INAH/Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City)

      Pages: 731-760

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Hibridos de lobos y perros (tercer acto): hallazgos en la pramide de Quetzalcoatl de la antigua ciudad de Teotihuacan (Primera de dos partes) (co-authored with R. Valadez, et al.)2002

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Journal Title

      Ammvepe vol. 13 (5)

      Pages: 165-176

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Study of Teotihuacan Ceramics No. 12002

    • Author(s)
      Sato, Etsuo
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 2

      Pages: 59-74

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Human Sacrifice, Militarism, and Rulership2005

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Total Pages
      300
    • Publisher
      Cambridge University Press
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Human Sacrifice, Militarism, and Rulership: Materialization of State Ideology at the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, Teotihuacan2005

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Publisher
      Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Voyage to the Center of the Moon Pyramid: Recent Discoveries in Teotihuacan (Editor S. Sugiyama)2005

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Publisher
      Arizona State University and INAH, Mexico City
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Human Sacrifice, Militarism, and Rulership : Materialization of State Ideology at the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, Teotihuacan2005

    • Author(s)
      Saburo Sugiyama
    • Total Pages
      300
    • Publisher
      Cambridge University Press
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Viaje al Centro de la Piramide de la Luna: Recientes Descubrimientos en Teotihuacan (Editor S. Sugiyama)2004

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Publisher
      Arizona State University and INAH, Mexico City
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Censer Symbolism and the State Polity in Teotihuacan. Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies2003

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Publisher
      Inc. Crystal River.
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 佐藤悦夫: "テオティワカンの土器についての一考察(2):トラミミロルパ期からメテペック期までの土器"富山国際大学人文社会学部紀要. 4巻(未定). (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Saburo Sugiyama: ""Governance and Polity at Classic Teotihuacan" In Mesoamerican Archaeology : Theory and Practice, pp97-123(Ed. Julia A.Hendon, Rosemary A.Joyce)"Blackwell Publishing, Austin. 352 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 杉山三郎: "メソアメリカの聖教"月刊「考古学ジャーナル」4. No.500. 19-23 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Saburo Sugiyama: "Arguitectura Monumental y Entierros Dedicados a la Piramide de la Luna"Tercera Mesa Redonda de Teotihuacan : Arguitectura y Urbanismo. 3(出版予定). (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Saburo Sugiyama, Ruben Cabrera: "Proyecto Piramide de la Luna, Teotihuacan : Informe de la Quinta Temporoda 2002"Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (Archivo). 162 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report

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