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Archaeological Research of the Plaza of the Columns Complex at Teotihuacan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17H01650
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section海外学術
Research Field Cultural anthropology
Research InstitutionOkayama University (2020-2021)
Aichi Prefectural University (2017-2019)

Principal Investigator

Sugiyama Saburo  岡山大学, 文明動態学研究所, 特任教授 (40315867)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 植田 信太郎  東京大学, 大学院理学系研究科(理学部), 名誉教授 (20143357)
佐藤 悦夫  富山国際大学, 現代社会学部, 教授 (40235320)
水野 文月  東邦大学, 医学部, 助教 (50735496)
井関 睦美  明治大学, 商学部, 専任教授 (50439238)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥42,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥32,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥9,780,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥10,140,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,340,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥10,270,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,370,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥10,270,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,370,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥11,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,700,000)
Keywordsテオティワカン / メソアメリカ / 新大陸考古学 / 古代都市文明 / メキシコ古代史 / 古代都市 / 古代モニュメント / 古代儀礼場 / モニュメント建築 / 認知考古学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Teotihuacan was one of the largest ancient cities in the New World, that flourished in the Mexican highlands around 1st to 6th century AD. Based on the data of the state's symbolism, rituals, or interactions with other cultural areas that we uncovered by previous investigations at the monuments, we intended to further explore the state polity, who and what were executed at the public buildings in the city's core area. Consequently, we gathered rich data on functional space at the main plaza, monuments, or around the ritual complexes through pit/trench excavations. We obtained information about frequent enlargement programs of the public facilities, artistic and ritual objects, and uncovered that the Maya royal families from distant areas painted their own murals, and that a large scale rituals were taken place, according the data gathered behind the monuments.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は人類史において、都市の発祥メカニズムとそれに関わるヒトの特性について探求し、さらにテオティワカンの場合、誰が、どのように計画都市を創出し、また実際に何を行っていたかを探った。都市の心臓部にある儀礼ー宮殿タイプの「石柱の広場」の本発掘により、国家施設として3番目に大きな儀礼空間であったこと、アステカ時代に有名な生贄儀礼がさらに1千年以上も遡り大規模に行われていたこと、そして国際的な集会、大祝宴が国家事業として行われていたことが解ってきた。トップレベルでの知識の交流とそれぞれの国家の特産物の交易が、都市の政治体制・社会構造をさらに複雑化したと傍証された。現代の都市機能がすでに存在していた。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2021 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (56 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (7 results) Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (25 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 15 results,  Invited: 15 results) Book (11 results) Remarks (7 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] National Institute of Anthropology(メキシコ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of California, Riverside(米国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Harvard University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] カリフォルニア大学/ハーバード大学(米国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 国立人類学歴史学研究所(メキシコ)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 国立人類学歴史学研究所(メキシコ)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ジョージ・メイソン大学/アリゾナ州立大学/ハーバード大学(米国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Material study of green stone artifacts from a Teotihuacan complex2020

    • Author(s)
      Gonzalez, G. Perez-Ireta, M.A. Garcia-Bucio, I. Rangel-Chavez, V. Aguilar-Melo, O.G. de Lucio, J.L. Ruvalcaba-Sil, N. Sugiyama, and S. Sugiyama
    • Journal Title

      Materials and Manufacturing Processes

      Volume: VOL. 35, NO. 13 Issue: 13 Pages: 14311445-14311445

    • DOI

      10.1080/10426914.2020.1743855

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] REVISITING SUN PYRAMID CERAMIC AND RADIOCARBON DATES FROM TEOTIHUACAN: COMMENT ON SLOAD2018

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Nawa、Sugiyama Saburo、Sarabia G. Alejandro
    • Journal Title

      Latin American Antiquity

      Volume: 29 Issue: 2 Pages: 398-400

    • DOI

      10.1017/laq.2017.68

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] メキシコ、テオティワカン遺跡の土器研究の歴史と今後の課題2018

    • Author(s)
      佐藤悦夫
    • Journal Title

      富山国際大学 現代社会学部紀要

      Volume: 第11巻第2号 Pages: 7-29

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 古典ナワトル語の「水と火」のシンボリズムに関する小考察2018

    • Author(s)
      井関睦美
    • Journal Title

      明治大学教養論集

      Volume: 532 Pages: 1-22

    • NAID

      40021530970

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Imputation approach for deducing a complete mitogenome sequence from low-depth-coverage next-generation sequencing data: application to ancient remains from the Moon Pyramid, Mexico2017

    • Author(s)
      Fuzuki Mizuno, Masahiko Kumagai, Kunihiko Kurosaki, Michiko Hayashi, Saburo Sugiyama, Shintaroh Ueda and Li Wang
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Human Genetics

      Volume: 62 Issue: 6 Pages: 631-635

    • DOI

      10.1038/jhg.2017.14

    • NAID

      40021195583

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Characterization of complete mitochondrial genomes of indigenous Mayans in Mexico.2017

    • Author(s)
      Fuzuki Mizuno, Li Wang, Saburo Sugiyama, Kunihiko Kurosaki, Julio Granados, Celta Gomez-Trejo, Victor Acuna-Alonzo, and Shintaroh Ueda
    • Journal Title

      Annals of Human Biology

      Volume: 44 Pages: 652-658

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Monuments, Elite Burials, Arts, and Rituals as Social Memories in Comparative Contexts2020

    • Author(s)
      Saburo Sugiyama
    • Organizer
      Out of Eurasia, International Academic Meetings in Mexico
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Introduccion Arqueologia Cognitiva: Monumentos, Arte y Urbanismo en Mesoamerica2020

    • Author(s)
      Saburo Sugiyama
    • Organizer
      Foro de Arqueologia Cognitiva: Monumentos,Arte,y Cuerpo Humano afuera de Eurasia
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Introduccion Arqueologia Cognitiva: Monumentos, Arte y Urbanismo en Mesoamerica2020

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Organizer
      Foro de Arqueologia Cognitiva: Monumentos, Arte, y Cuerpo Humano, afuera de Eurasia, en el Templo Mayor Museum
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] メキシコ、テオティワカン遺跡“月のピラミッド”出土のパトラチケ期の土器2020

    • Author(s)
      佐藤悦夫
    • Organizer
      出ユーラシアの統合的人類史学~第2回全体会議
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] メソアメリカのモニュメント/エリート埋葬墓と階層社会の形成: 研究の展望と目的2020

    • Author(s)
      杉山三郎
    • Organizer
      出ユーラシアの統合的人類史学~第2回全体会議
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Descubrimientos Recientes en Teotihuacan: Excavaciones en la Plaza de las Columnas (Parte 1)2019

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Organizer
      Conferencias “La arqueologia hoy” en el Colegio Nacional, Ciudad de Mexico
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Ultimas Perspectivas de la Antigua Ciudad de Teotihuacan y el Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas2019

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Organizer
      Conferencia en la Escuela de Manuel Gamio, Zona Arqueologica Teotihuacan
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Ultimas Perspectivas de la Antigua Ciudad de Teotihuacan y el Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas2019

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Organizer
      Conferencia en el Auditorio Alfonso Caso, Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Methods of LiDAR Mapping in Urban Landscapes: Introducing the Teotihuacan LiDAR Map2018

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Nawa, Saburo Sugiyama, Adrian Chase, Tanya Catignani, and Taylor Gibson
    • Organizer
      83rd Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Cosmic Monuments, Arts, and Polity at Teotihuacan, Mexico Teotihuacan2018

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Organizer
      Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire, at Phoenix Art Museum
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Cosmic Monuments and Polity Sacralized at Teotihuacan2018

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo
    • Organizer
      City as Cosmos: Art and Archaeology at Teotihuacan , at Los Angeles County Museum of Arts
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] メソアメリカ文明のピラミッド:象徴する世界観と階層社会の形成2018

    • Author(s)
      杉山三郎
    • Organizer
      国際シンポジウム 「日本の古墳はなぜ巨大なのか?-古代モニュメントの比較考古学-」
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Maya-Teotihuacan Relations Viewed from Front D at the Plaza of the Columns2018

    • Author(s)
      Fash, William, Nawa Sugiyama, Barbara Fash, Mariela Perez Antonio and Alexis Hartford
    • Organizer
      83rd Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Methods of LiDAR Mapping in Urban Landscapes: Introducing the Teotihuacan LiDAR Map2018

    • Author(s)
      Nawa Sugiyama, Saburo Sugiyama, Adrian Chase, Tanya Catignani, and Taylor Gibson
    • Organizer
      Symposium “Project Plaza of the Columns Complex” in 83rd Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Prospects for forensic DNA phenotyping using highly degraded DNA samples2018

    • Author(s)
      Mizuno Fuzuki, Hayashi Michiko, Ueda Shintaroh, Wang Li, Hasegawa Chika, Yamada Takashi, Kurosaki Kunihiko
    • Organizer
      24th Congress of the International Academy of Legal Medicine
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Simbolizacion de "Guerra" en la sociedad Mexica en epocas prehispanicas2018

    • Author(s)
      井関睦美
    • Organizer
      日本ラテンアメリカ学会第39回定期大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 民族史の記録とその意味-アステカの事例を中心にして-2018

    • Author(s)
      井関睦美
    • Organizer
      古代アメリカ学会第9回東日本部会研究懇談会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Homo Sapiens out of Eurasia: Cognitive Capacities and Artificial Niche Construction Materialized at Teotihuacan, Mexico2017

    • Author(s)
      Saburo Sugiyama
    • Organizer
      International Workshop on Comparative Archaeologies of the Bronze Age in the Old World. Center of the Study of Ancient Civilizations at Henan University
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] PONENCIA MAGISTRAL: Cosmovision y sistema de gobierno plasmados en el recinto sagrado de Teotihuacan2017

    • Author(s)
      Saburo Sugiyama
    • Organizer
      6a mesa redonda Teotihuacan: origenes, auge, colapso y herencia, National Institute of Anthropology and History
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Perspectives of the State Polity Reflected at the Three Major Monuments in Teotihuacan2017

    • Author(s)
      Saburo Sugiyama
    • Organizer
      International Symposium on the Sociopolitical Organization of Teotihuacan, the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the Pennsylvania State University
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Cosmos and Rulership Materialized at the Pyramids of Teotihuacan2017

    • Author(s)
      Saburo Sugiyama
    • Organizer
      Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire, at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco de Young
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Fundacion y transformacion de la Piramide del Sol, vista desde el interior de los tuneles recien explorados2017

    • Author(s)
      Alejandro Sarabia Gonzalez, Saburo Sugiyama, and Nawa Sugiyama
    • Organizer
      6a mesa redonda Teotihuacan: origenes, auge, colapso y herencia, National Institute of Anthropology and History
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Analisis de ceramica de la Piramide de la Luna en Teotihuacan, Mexico2017

    • Author(s)
      Etsuo Sato, Mariela Perez Antonio, and Saburo Sugiyama
    • Organizer
      6a mesa redonda Teotihuacan: origenes, auge, colapso y herencia, National Institute of Anthropology and History
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas: investigacion de un conjunto civico-administrativo teotihuacano2017

    • Author(s)
      Nawa Sugiyama, Saburo Sugiyama, Veronica Ortega Cabrera, William L. Fash and David M. Carballo
    • Organizer
      6a mesa redonda Teotihuacan: origenes, auge, colapso y herencia, National Institute of Anthropology and History
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 弥生人のミトコンドリアゲノム解析2017

    • Author(s)
      水野文月、林美千子、石谷孔司、松下真実、松下孝幸、黒崎久仁彦、王瀝、植田信太郎
    • Organizer
      第71回日本人類学会大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Interactions between Ancient Teotihuacan and the Maya World(the Maya World)2020

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo, and Nawa Sugiyama
    • Publisher
      Routledge
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] The Maya at Teotihuacan? New insights into Teotihuacan-Maya interactions from Plaza of the Columns Complex (Teotihuacan: The World Beyond the City)2020

    • Author(s)
      Nawa Sugiyama, Saburo Sugiyama, William L. Fash, and Barbara Fash
    • Publisher
      Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 古代メソアメリカのモニュメント―象徴する世界観と王権―(日本の古墳はなぜ巨大なのか 古代モニュメントの比較考古学)2020

    • Author(s)
      杉山三郎
    • Publisher
      吉川弘文館
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas, Teotihuacan: Informe parcial de la Quinta Temporada (2019)2020

    • Author(s)
      Nawa Sugiyama, Saburo Sugiyama, Veronica Ortega, and William L. Fash
    • Total Pages
      500
    • Publisher
      Archivo Tecnico del Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Teotihuacan: The World Beyond the City2020

    • Author(s)
      Kenneth G. Hirth, David M. Carballo, and Barbara Arroyo (editors), Saburo Sugiyama (author)
    • Total Pages
      528
    • Publisher
      Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] The Maya World2020

    • Author(s)
      Scott R. Hutson, Traci Ardren (editors), Saburo Sugiyama (author)
    • Total Pages
      888
    • Publisher
      Routledge
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 熱帯高地の世界2019

    • Author(s)
      山本 紀夫(編集者)、杉山三郎(著者)
    • Total Pages
      448
    • Publisher
      ナカニシヤ出版
    • ISBN
      9784779513749
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas, Teotihuacan: Informe Parcial de la Tercera Temporada (2017)2018

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo, Nawa Sugiyama, Veronica Ortega, David Carballo, and William L. Fash
    • Total Pages
      572
    • Publisher
      Archive of the National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] レジリエンスの諸相 : 人類史的視点からの挑戦2018

    • Author(s)
      奈良 由美子、稲村 哲也編。杉山三郎、他共著
    • Total Pages
      332
    • Publisher
      放送大学教育振興会;NHK出版
    • ISBN
      9784595318658
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas, Teotihuacan: Informe Parcial de la Tercera Temporada (2017)2018

    • Author(s)
      Nawa Sugiyama, Saburo Sugiyama, Veronica Ortega, David Carballo, and William L. Fash
    • Total Pages
      572
    • Publisher
      Archive of National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Teotihuacan; City of Water, City of Fire2017

    • Author(s)
      Matthew H. Robb, Saburo Sugiyama, et al.
    • Total Pages
      444
    • Publisher
      Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young and University of California Press
    • ISBN
      9780520296558
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] PLAZA OF THE COLUMNS Archaeological Project

    • URL

      http://ppcteotihuacan.org/

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Plaza of the Columns Complex: Archaeological P.

    • URL

      http://ppcteotihuacan.org/en/home/?lang=en

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report 2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Complejo Plaza de las Columnas: Archaeological P.

    • URL

      http://ppcteotihuacan.org/es/pagina-de-inicio/

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report 2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 石柱の広場コンプレックス考古学プロジェクト:テオティワカン メキシコ

    • URL

      http://db.csri.for.aichi-pu.ac.jp/plaza_of_columns_complex_jp/

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report 2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 石柱の広場コンプレックス考古学プロジェクト

    • URL

      http://db.csri.for.aichi-pu.ac.jp/plaza_of_columns_complex_jp/

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Complejo Plaza de las Columnas

    • URL

      http://ppcteotihuacan.org/es/pagina-de-inicio/

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Plaza of the Columns Complex

    • URL

      http://ppcteotihuacan.org/en/home/

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report

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