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Understanding the origin of ancient city and the state history of Teotihuacan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21H04378
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Medium-sized Section 4:Geography, cultural anthropology, folklore, and related fields
Research InstitutionOkayama University

Principal Investigator

Sugiyama Saburo  岡山大学, 文明動態学研究所, 客員研究員 (40315867)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 佐藤 悦夫  富山国際大学, 現代社会学部, 教授 (40235320)
Project Period (FY) 2021-04-05 – 2025-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2024)
Budget Amount *help
¥41,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥32,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥9,660,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥10,920,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,520,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥11,180,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,580,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥13,390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,090,000)
Keywordsテオティワカン / メソアメリカ / 古代都市 / モニュメント建築 / 儀礼場 / 古代王権 / ピラミッド / モニュメント / 生贄儀礼 / 古代国家 / 新大陸考古学 / 宮殿 / 古代都市文明 / メキシコ古代史 / 古代モニュメント / 古代儀礼場
Outline of Research at the Start

メキシコ中央高原は、過去2千年間におよぶ断続的な巨大都市の変容史を持ち、世界的にも特有な都市文明研究の中心地である。紀元前後から6世紀まで繁栄した巨大都市テオティワカンは豊かな自然環境を利用し、当時新世界最大の都市へと成長した。
本研究は、「太陽のピラミッド」と「月のピラミッド」の中間に位置し、国家の要として機能したと考えられる「太陽のピラミッド北の広場」の発掘を行い、テオティワカンの政治体制の解明を目指す。国家のトップ集団の儀礼準備・行政活動や衣食住の考古資料が最も期待される宮殿タイプの複合施設であり、都市の起源、計画都市の象徴性と機能など、都市文明の動態メカニズムを問う先駆的な研究である。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Teotihuacan was one of the largest ancient cities in the New World. In this study, reflecting previous research on the three major pyramids, we carried out intensive excavations at the "Plaza of the Columns" complex in the city's center to understand the dynamic histories of the state's leading group. It is a large-scale architectural complex, and we conducted a series of test pit excavations in consultation with the Mexican government institute. We were able to show that it may have functioned as a ceremonial plaza, a central facility for the state, and even a "palace." We obtained materials related to ritual and banquet activities, sacrificed remains, and fragments of Mayan mural paintings that suggest the Maya elite group's temporary residence at the Teotihuacan state's core section.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

現在地球上に81億人いるホモサピエンスにとって、その半数以上が住む都市の起源とメカニズム、その拡充プロセスの理解は、直近の重要課題である。テオティワカンは、新世界で独自に発祥した古代計画都市であり、そこで生まれた初期象形文字はまだ解読されていないことから、その歴史解明には考古学調査が必要である。本研究では、象徴的なモニュメント建築と共に、ヒトが周期的に集まる儀礼とその施設の重要性が指摘され、生贄儀式や祝宴の実体を示す資料を得た。さらに遠隔地マヤのリーダー集団との直接相互交流を示唆するデータも出土し、トップ集団の最も関心のある天文学知識、複雑な暦システムについて交流があった可能性を示唆している。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2024 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2023 Annual Research Report
  • 2022 Annual Research Report
  • 2021 Comments on the Screening Results   Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (28 results)

All 2024 2022 2021 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (4 results) Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 5 results) Book (9 results) Remarks (2 results)

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

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] メキシコ国立人類学歴史学研究所(メキシコ)

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of California, Riverside(米国)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] メキシコ国立人類学歴史学研究所(メキシコ)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Earliest evidence of primate captivity and translocation supports gift diplomacy between Teotihuacan and the Maya2022

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Nawa, S. Sugiyama, C. Cagnato, C. A. M. France, A. Iriki, K. S. Hughes, R. R. Singleton, E. Thornton, and C. A. Hofman
    • Journal Title

      PNAS

      Volume: Vol. 119 No. 47 Issue: 47

    • DOI

      10.1073/pnas.2212431119

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Humans as geomorphic agents: Lidar detection of the past, present and future of the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico2021

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Nawa, S. Sugiyama, T. Catignani, ASZ. Chase, JC. Fernandez-Diaz
    • Journal Title

      PLoS ONE

      Volume: 16(9) Issue: 9 Pages: e0257550-e0257550

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pone.0257550

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] メソアメリカの共生する ヒトと動物たち ――新たな「ドメスティケーション」パラダイムへ2021

    • Author(s)
      杉山奈和、杉山三郎
    • Journal Title

      科学(岩波)

      Volume: Vol. 91 No. 2 Pages: 193-199

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] メキシコ古代都市の謎 テオティワカンを掘る2024

    • Author(s)
      杉山三郎
    • Organizer
      大倉喜八郎記念東京経済大学学術芸術振興会
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? Human Cognitive Systems, Exploring Sky, Cosmic Cities, and Arts in Mesoamerica2024

    • Author(s)
      Saburo Sugiyama
    • Organizer
      Getty Research Institute Resident Fellow Conference
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] メキシコ古代文明の創造力 モニュメントとアートの深掘り2024

    • Author(s)
      杉山三郎
    • Organizer
      国立国際美術館 特別展示「古代メキシコ: マヤ、アステカ、テオティワカン」 記念講演会
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Theory, Strategies, Objectives, and Preliminary Results of Transdisciplinary Studies of Ancient Consciousness on Time and Space out of Eurasia2024

    • Author(s)
      Naoko Matsumoto, Atsushi Iriki, and Saburo Sugiyama
    • Organizer
      89th Annual Meetings in New Orleans: Society for American Archaeology
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report 2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Materialization of Time, Space, Nature, and Societies Denoted by New Lidar Maps at Teotihuacan2024

    • Author(s)
      Saburo Sugiyama and Nawa Sugiyama, Kazuhiro Sekiguchi, Kuninori Iwashiro, and Yuta Chiba
    • Organizer
      89th Annual Meetings in New Orleans: Society for American Archaeology
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report 2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] メソアメリカの時空間認知と都市景観の創成メカニズム2024

    • Author(s)
      杉山三郎
    • Organizer
      出ユーラシアの統合的人類史学 第10回全体会議
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report 2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Hands (and Hearts) on the Job: New Models for the Urban Reconstruction of Tenochtitlan2022

    • Author(s)
      De Anda Rogel, Michelle, Saburo Sugiyama and Leonardo Lopez
    • Organizer
      Tenochtitlan: Imperial Ideologies on Display, Dumbarton Oaks
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] El Gobierno Teotihuacano Interactuando con los elites Mayas: Una Vista desde las Entrellas de la Ciudad de Teotihuacan2022

    • Author(s)
      Saburo Sugiyama
    • Organizer
      Simposio internacional sobre los antiguos mayas en Japan: Teotihuacan y Maya, Okayama University
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] A New Approach for the Cognition of Time, Space, and Rulership in the Cosmic City of Teotihuacan2022

    • Author(s)
      Saburo Sugiyama, Nawa Sugiyama, Kazuhiro Sekiguchi, Kuninori Iwashiro
    • Organizer
      87th Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 2000-year History of Teotihuacan as a Palimpsest-Landscape2021

    • Author(s)
      Saburo Sugiyama and Nawa Sugiyama
    • Organizer
      The 4th Annual Meetings of Integrative Human Historical Science of "Out of Eurasia"
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] The Materialization of Time in the Ancient Maya World: Mythic History and Ritual Order2024

    • Author(s)
      Freidel, David A., Saburo Sugiyama, and Nawa Sugiyama
    • Total Pages
      26
    • Publisher
      University Press of Florida
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas, Teotihuacan: Informe parcial de la séptima temporada (2023) y Propuesta de la octava temporada (2024)2024

    • Author(s)
      Nawa Sugiyama, Saburo Sugiyama, and Luis Rogelio Rivero Chong
    • Total Pages
      570
    • Publisher
      Archivo Tecnico del Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] The Materialization of Time in the Ancient Maya World: Mythic History and Ritual Order2024

    • Author(s)
      Freidel, David A., Saburo Sugiyama, and Nawa Sugiyama
    • Total Pages
      26
    • Publisher
      University Press of Florida 26
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Proyecto Complejo Plaza de las Columnas, Teotihuacan: Informe parcial de la septima temporada (2023) y Propuesta de la octava temporada2024

    • Author(s)
      Nawa Sugiyama, Saburo Sugiyama, and Luis Rogelio Rivero Chong
    • Total Pages
      570
    • Publisher
      Archivo Tecnico del Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Early Mesoamerican Cities: New Perspectives on Urbanism and Urbanization in the Formative Period2022

    • Author(s)
      Sugiyama, Saburo (co-authored)
    • Total Pages
      316
    • Publisher
      Cambridge University Press
    • ISBN
      1108838510
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Proyecto Ciudades Cosmicas Mesoamericanas en 3D: Informe de la Primera Fase de Estudios Comparativos en 2021: Atzompa, Monte Alban y Teotihuacan2022

    • Author(s)
      Saburo Sugiyama, Nelly Robles Garcia, and Pedro Francisco Sanchez Nava
    • Total Pages
      189
    • Publisher
      Archivo Tecnico del Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Mexico
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] レジリエンス人類史2022

    • Author(s)
      杉山三郎(共著)
    • Publisher
      京都大学学術出版会
    • ISBN
      9784814004010
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Landscape, monuments, arts, and rituals out of Eurasia in bio-cultural perspectives. Proceedings of an international conference in Mexico, February 27-28, 20202021

    • Author(s)
      N. Matsumoto, S. Sugiyama, and C. Garcia-Des Lauriers
    • Total Pages
      322
    • Publisher
      Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations, Okayama University
    • ISBN
      9784910223049
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Mesoamerican Archaeology: Theory and Practice, Second Edition2021

    • Author(s)
      Saburo Sugiyama and Nawa Sugiyama.
    • Publisher
      Wiley Blackwell
    • ISBN
      9781119160885
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Plaza of the Columns Complex Project

    • URL

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

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Plaza of the Columns Complex Project, Teotihuacan

    • URL

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

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report 2022 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2026-01-16  

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