| RFW-279331-21 | Research Programs: Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research | Regents of the University of California, Riverside | Teotihuacan-Maya Ritual Economies: Excavations at Plaza of the Columns Complex, Teotihuacan | 7/1/2021 - 6/30/2025 | $149,877.00 | Nawa | | Sugiyama | | | | Regents of the University of California, Riverside | Riverside | CA | 92521-0001 | USA | 2021 | Archaeology | Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research | Research Programs | 149877 | 0 | 149877 | 0 | Excavation and survey to detail the presence and influence of Maya residents at the ancient city of Teotihuacan in central Mexico (c. 1-550 CE). (36 months)
Project Plaza of the Columns Complex will explore how the governing elite of Teotihuacan, Mexico (1-550 CE) perpetuated the state through the mechanism of a performance-driven ritual economy. We hypothesize production and exchange of meaning-laden objects/structures for and in rituals explicitly reified foreign relations and bestowed cosmic authority upon the Teotihuacan state early in the city’s history. The explicit involvement of foreign aristocrats recorded in the rituals at Plaza of the Columns constitutes an unprecedented documentation of foreign diplomacy during Teotihuacan’s pivotal ascent to prominence in Classic Mesoamerica’s dynamic landscape. We request three years of funding for fieldwork at Plaza of the Columns Complex. |