Identifying a technological style in the making of lime plasters at Teopancazco (Teotihuacan, México)
Por:
Pecci, Alessandra, Miriello, Domenico, Barca, Donatella, Crisci, Gino M., De Luca, Raffaella, Ortiz, Agustin, Manzanilla, Linda R., Blancas, Jorge, Barba, Luis
Publicada:
1 mar 2018
Resumen:
The aim of this article is to focus on the technology of archeological plasters at Teotihuacan (Central Mexico), from the Classic Period (200–650 A.D.), focusing in the study of Teopancazco, a neighborhood center in the city. Petrographic and chemical analyses by OM, SEM-EDS, and LA-ICP-MS were conducted to characterize samples from different constructive phases and sectors of the neighborhood center, to determine the provenance of the raw materials employed in the manufacturing (e.g., volcanic glass shards) and to assess whether a shift occurred in the manufacturing of plasters and in the procurement strategies of raw materials during the different phases. The results of the analyses show that almost no changes occurred in the making of the plaster during more than four centuries and allow us to consider the presence of a technological style in their manufacture, which is characterized by the making of plaster by mixing lime with volcanic glass shards, which in the case of Teopancazco were derived from the Altotonga (Veracruz) magmatic system. The data at our disposal suggest that this style was developed in Teopancazco and later introduced throughout the city of Teotihuacan in the Early Xolalpan phase (A.D. 350), although we still do not know whether the provenance of the raw materials is the same. The wide distribution of this technological tradition could be due to the technological properties of the materials and/or the influence of the intermediate elite who ruled over Teopancazco. The paper confirms that the study of material culture and technology sheds light on broader cultural aspects of ancient societies. © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Filiaciones:
Equip de Recerca Arqueològica i Arqueomètrica, Universitat de Barcelona (ERAAUB), c/Montalegre 4,6, Barcelona, Spain
Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra, Università della Calabria, Via Bucci, cubo 12B, Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy
Laboratorio de Prospección Arqueológica, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán México, DF, Mexico
Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán México, DF, Mexico
Univ Barcelona ERAAUB, Equip Recerca Arqueol & Arqueometr, C Montalegre 4,6, Barcelona 08001, Spain
Univ Calabria, Dipartimento Biol Ecol & Sci Terra, Via Bucci,Cubo 12B, Cosenza, Italy
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Prospecc Arqueol, Inst Invest Antropol, Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Antropol, Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
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