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Article Dans Une Revue Ancient Mesoamerica Année : 2007

The Human Skeletal Remains of the Moon Pyramid, Teotihuacan

Michael Spence
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Grégory Pereira

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Beginning with Building 4, each new version of the Moon Pyramid in Teotihuacan was initiated with a major sacrificial event. These events invariably included human victims, males ranging in age from about 14 to 60 or more years (Minimum Number of Individuals (MNI) = 37). Many display cranial modification and dental decoration. In the earliest offering, Burial 2, the lone human was merely one element in a complex tableau. In subsequent sacrifices, the human victims increased in number and became a major focus of the event. There was also a growing dichotomy among them, with numbers of decapitated victims being included in the sacrifices. Skeletal elements from the pyramid fill suggest still other rituals involving human crania (MNI = 11), but the context of these is not yet clear.
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hal-01851473 , version 1 (30-07-2018)

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Michael Spence, Grégory Pereira. The Human Skeletal Remains of the Moon Pyramid, Teotihuacan. Ancient Mesoamerica, 2007, 18 (01), pp.147-157. ⟨10.1017/S0956536107000090⟩. ⟨hal-01851473⟩
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