2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Monuments and Planned City of Teotihuacan: Analyses and Interpretations of the Material Excavated at the Moon Pyramid
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18251010
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Archaeology
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| Research Institution | Aichi Prefectural University |
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Principal Investigator |
SUGIYAMA Saburo Aichi Prefectural University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Professor (40315867)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SATO Etsuo Toyama University of International Studies, Faculty of International Studies, Associate Professor (40235320)
UEDA Shintaro University of Tokyo, Faculty of Graduate School of Science, Professor (20143357)
OKUDA Takashi Aichi Prefectural University, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Associate Professor (20204125)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2007
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| Keywords | Mesoamerica / Teotihuacan / Pyramid of the Moon / Archaeology / New World Anthropology / Ancient Planned City / Monument / Sacrificial Ritual |
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| Research Abstract |
We intensively explored the Moon Pyramid in 1998-2004, uncovering seven overlapping architectural stages and five burial complexes inside the pyramid. We also found in surrounding areas residential structures, ancient obsidian workshop, and a middle-sized pyramidal platform which contained five architectural levels inside. The present funding supported different kinds of analyses and interpretations of a large amount of data and materials obtained during the seven-year fieldwork. The funding also supported publications of the results and creation of the data bank. English volume will be published from the University of the New Mexico Press, and several Spanish volumes with more detailed and much abundant data will be published from the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico.
We have also been carrying out a long term mapping survey since 1999 to date to create three-dimensional reconstruction plan of the city's central area. We already completed the survey of the core
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section along the “Avenue of the Dead" from the “Moon Plaza" to the “Citadel" complex, except for certain residential compounds.
The obtained information of the enlarged monument is apparently related directly to the issues of the state formation and of the political organization and would particularly reflect the development of the rulership and religious ideology of the state. Sacrificial burials we found, the associated offerings and animals sacrificed, like jaguars, pumas, wolves, eagles, etc., indicate that Teotihuacan was, rather than just a pacific sacred city organized by collective government as many have believed, an expanding state with strong military sectors. Obsidian artifacts including many projectile points, shell objects brought from distant costs, and jade items from Guatemala, suggest economic and political expansion or invasion by the Teotihuacanos; particularly some symbolic ornaments of jades indicates direct connection with Maya dynasties. We also obtained new data concerning varied activities near the monument; all information proceeded with this funding will substantially contribute to our understanding of the Teotihuacan state and theory-construction of ancient civilizations. Less
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Research Products
(57 results)
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[Journal Article] Morphological change caused by loss of the taxon-specific polyalanine tract in Hoxd-132007
Author(s)
Anan, Keiiti, Yoshida, Nobuaki, Kataoka, Yuki, Sato, Mitsuharu, Ichise, Hirotake, Nasu, Makoto, Ueda, Shintaroh
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Journal Title
Molecular biology and evolution 24
Pages: 281-287
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
Peer Reviewed
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[Journal Article] Morphological change caused by loss of the taxon-specific polyalanine tract in Hoxd-132007
Author(s)
Anan, Keiiti, Yoshida, Nobuaki, Kataoka, Yuki, Sato, Mitsuharu, Ichise, Hirotake, Nasu, Makoto, Ueda, Shintaroh
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Journal Title
Molecular biology and evolution Vol. 24
Pages: 281-287
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[Presentation] Botanical Remains from the Moon Pyramid: Interdisciplinary Perspectives2009
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Emily McClung de Tapia, Diana Martinez Yrizar, Cristina Adriano Moran, Emilio Ibarra Morales, Julia Perez Perez
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Symposium : Teotihuacan Politics and Religion at the Moon Pyramid and Beyond. Organized by D. Carballo & S. Sugiyama. 73^<rd> Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology
Place of Presentation
Vancouver, Canada
Year and Date
2009-03-28
Description
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[Presentation] Osteological Analysis of Human Remains At the Moon Pyramid2009
Author(s)
Gregory Pereira, Michael Spence, Ximena Chavez, Christine White, Fred Longstaffe
Organizer
Symposium : Teotihuacan Politics and Religion at the Moon Pyramid and Beyond. Organized by D. Carballo & S. Sugiyama. 73^<rd> Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology
Place of Presentation
Vancouver, Canada
Year and Date
2009-03-28
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[Presentation] Botanical Remains from the Moon Pyramid : Interdisciplinary Perspectives2008
Author(s)
Emily McClung de Tapia, Diana Martinez Yrizar, Cristina Adriano Moran, Emilio Ibarra Morales, Julia Perez Perez
Organizer
Symposium : Teotihuacan Politics and Religion at the Moon Pyramid and Beyond. Organized by D. Carballo & S. Sugiyama. 73^<rd> Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology
Place of Presentation
Vancouver, Canada
Year and Date
2008-03-28
Description
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[Presentation] Osteological Analysis of Human Remains at the Moon Pyramid2008
Author(s)
Gregory Pereira, Michael Spence, Ximena Chavez, Christine White, Fred Longstaffe
Organizer
Symposium : Teotihuacan Politics and Religion at the Moon Pyramid and Beyond. Organized by D. Carballo & S. Sugiyama. 73^<rd> Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology
Place of Presentation
Vancouver, Canada
Year and Date
2008-03-28
Description
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