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Teotihuacan
Heartland and Sphere of Influence. The Site of Teotihuacan
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unique form of architecture in which
stepped pyramid levels arose at an angle (slope, talud) and were faced
with vertical panels (tablero)
Drawing and Example of Slope and Panel
Architecture El Tajin, Mexico.
http://www.hal-pc.org/~dasmith/tajin/buildings.html
occupied from about 100 BC to AD 750
at its height, the site covered over 11 sq miles and had a population
of 150,000-250,000
planned city, with major structures
arranged around Avenue of the Dead
multiroom compounds for domestic structures
the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon are two main
monumental public buildings; the former was built over a cave (though
it may be a man-made passageway instead)
local obsidian source was source of wealth and was trade over long
distances
Map of the Ceremonial Complex at Teotihuacan.
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/teot.htm
(Left) Pyramid of the Sun and (Right) Pyramid of the Moon at the Site
of Teotihuacan. Note Slope-and-Panel Architecture in Both Pyramids,
and Stairs on Pyramid of the Moon.
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org
(Left) Temple of the Feathered Serpent at Teotihuacan and (Right)
Detail of Facade.
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org
