Southeastern corner of the Zocalo in Mexico City
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Southeastern corner of the Zocalo in Mexico City
Plaza de las Tres Culturas, Mexico City
Olmecs ("rubber people" in Nahuatl)
750 BC - 250 BC
Calendar
Ball courts
PyramidsLong distance trade
Teotihuacan (“Place of the Gods” in Nahuatl): 100 BC - 750 AD
~8 square miles
Multi-ethnic population of ~100,000-200,000
Influences extended to Maya of Yucatan
Pyramid of the Sun
~75m high
The Pyramid of the Sun is the second largest pyramid in Americas. Third largest in the world. 225m X 225m at its base
Great Pyramid at Cholula is the largest in the world.
~66m high
450m X 450 m at its base
Pyramid of the Moon ~45m high
Doing business on the “Avenue of the Dead”.
More business
And, more business
And….
Pyramid of the Sun from Pyramid of the Moon
Avenue of the Dead
Temple of the Feathered Serpent, “Quetzalcoatl”.
Pyramid of the Moon
Statue in Ixtlan, Oaxacathat commemrates Zapotec warriors who resisted Mexica forces in the first decade of the 1500s.
Another map of Valley of Mexico. You read about chinampas in the article by West. Some chinampas still exist. However, one aspect of the growth of Mexico City was the draining of the lakes and
chinampas.
Remains of Great Temple of Tenochtitlan
~1300 A.D. to 1519 A.D.
Dedicated simultaneously to two gods,Huitzilopochtli, god of war and Tlaloc, god of rain and agriculture.
Sacred Precinct of Tenochtitlan.
~ 200m X 200m
Different stages of temple
Earlier
Later
Serpents are a common feature of Mesoamerican archeological sites.
Black = urban area
Dotted = lake area
The Gran Canal is critical for draining sewage and storm water
out of the valley.