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1-
name :
Teotihuacan
text :
Online see the homepage of the
Teotihuacan
project directed by Saburo Sugiyama of Arizona State University. Newspaper report on headless bodies found in the Pyramid of the Moon. When the Aztecs first saw
Teotihuacan
, they were struck by awe at what they found — the monumental ruins of a civilization long gone. Two huge pyramids — ...
...by plagues of fire, flood, hurricane and ferocious beasts. Four times the sun itself had been formed and then destroyed. Thus it was in darkness that the gods assembled in
Teotihuacan
to decide which one of them would sacrifice himself in order to become the new sun. A rich and haughty god stepped forward to accept the honor. And when there were no volunteers, a homely little god ...
...History of the Things of New Spain, as translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble in Markman and Markman 1992). At Archaeology Magazine, see "Maya Goods in
Teotihuacan
Tomb" (online).
caption :
Evoking the legendary birth of the Aztecs and other Mexican tribes from the womb of the earth, archaeologists have discovered a multi-chambered cave beneath the Pyramid of the Sun at
Teotihuacan
.
2-
name :
Tikal
text :
...amounts of shellfish, dried fish, and other marine resources...from the coasts of Yucatán, probably in exchange for inland agricultural products." She suggests that Tikal and
Teotihuacán
were directly linked by trade: Clear evidence here is scant, although green obsidian flakes and clay earspools from central Mexico are found in burials at Tikal, and sherds of Tzakol ware (characteristic ...
...and clay earspools from central Mexico are found in burials at Tikal, and sherds of Tzakol ware (characteristic of the early lowland Classic) have been found in a section of
Teotihuacán
. There also may have been a brisk market at
Teotihuacán
for perishable luxury items from the lowlands such as salt, bright feathers from tropical ...
...used throughout Mesoamerica as incense at relgious rituals (1982:76-77). Following Tatiana Proskouriakoff and adducing new evidence, David Stuart has suggested that Tikal and
Teotihuacan
were connnected by more than trade. At Mesoweb/PARI see an excerpt from Stuart's The Arrival of Strangers (Stuart 2000).
3-
name :
Tikal Dynastic Vase
text :
...(the 14th king). This piece was painted in the reign of Animal Skull, the first king after the defeat of the Spearthrower Owl dynasty, and indicates a renewed interest in the pre-
Teotihuacan
o kings of the city (Stanley Guenter, personal communication 2002).
4-
name :
Tikal's Hiatus
text :
A 130-year period of time extending from AD 562-692 during which no dated monuments have been identified at this Maya site. Previously attributed to the fall of
Teotihuacan
, the Hiatus is more likely to have been brought about by reversals in Tikal's power struggle with Calakmul (Martin and Grube 2000). That Tikal was not utterly moribund during this period, however, is indicated by substantial ...
5-
name :
Tikal Temple IV
text :
...the top of the roof comb, it measures approximately 64.6 meters or 212 feet. This compares to 55 meters for the Tigre Complex at El Mirador and 61 for the Pyramid of the Sun at
Teotihuacan
.
6-
name :
Tula {1}
text :
Toltec site in the state of Hidalgo. Just as the civilization of
Teotihuacan
had come and gone so long before the Aztecs' arrival in the Valley of Mexico that they believed its great temples had been raised in the darkness before the present sun was born, so they were free to imagine that Tula had been the site of a Golden Age of culture. In fact, the Toltecs of Tula had built a state in ...
...born, so they were free to imagine that Tula had been the site of a Golden Age of culture. In fact, the Toltecs of Tula had built a state in the vacuum left by the downfall of
Teotihuacan
. But the historical Toltec state was characterized more by a stern militarism than by high artistic achievement. To the Aztecs, however, the very word "Toltec" conjured up the epitome of craftsmanship. ...
7-
name :
Turtle Tooth
text :
...of Panel 2 begins in 658 with the twenty-year anniversary of Yo'nal Ahk I's death and the taking by Ruler 2 of a number of ko'haw war helmets (a particular kind associated with
Teotihuacan
); this is tied to an identical act in the year 510, the taking ko'haw helmets by Turtle Tooth (ibid.:141, 143). Since both kings are named in this parallel context, it is impossible to state with absolute ...
...to have been supervised by a foreign potentate named Tajoom Uk'ab Tuun, who carries the ochk'in kaloomte' title resonant of legitimacy derived from Mexico and more particularly
Teotihuacan
(ibid.:141). The tie to
Teotihuacan
is especially prominent in another text from 510, on a wooden box from a cave in Tabasco. This makes reference ...
8-
name :
Ukit Kan Le'k Tok'
text :
...associated with dynastic foundation or re-foundation. For instance, the current king of Tikal dies on the same day that the West Kaloomte' is said to arrive, and a prince of
Teotihuacan
is installed on the throne in his place. In Ek' Balam the arrival appears to be that of a powerful lord known as the North Kaloomte' (ibid.:II-11), and the result is the accession of Ukit Kan Le'k ...
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