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Articles by Nawa Sugiyama
Política animal en la antigua ciudad de Teotihuacan
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El complejo Plaza de las Columnas: Investigaciones en el centro de la soberanía teotihuacana
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Carved monuments from Cerro Patlachique in the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Carved monuments from Cerro Patlachique in the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico Autores: Nawa Sugiyama, K. Taube, Saburo Sugiyama, Ariel Texis Muñoz Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 99, Nº 408, 2025, págs.
Animal Matter: Ritual, Place, and Sovereignty at the Moon Pyramid of Teotihuacan
This chapter introduces the main protagonists and the theoretical framework underpinning the study of nearly two hundred faunal remains retrieved from the offertory caches at the Moon Pyramid of Teotihuacan, Mexico. Animal matter, both corporeal animal forms (animal bodies and by-products) and their representation, are understood within a relational ontology as active persons with social positionality.
Animal Matter in Indigenous Place-Thought: A Case from the Moon Pyramid, Teotihuacan
1. Introduction The UNESCO World Heritage site of Teotihuacan, Mexico (1–550 CE) is most renowned for its magnificent ceremonial landscape that was a materialization of the cosmos; it encoded concepts of place, time, and worldview effectively into a lived experience (Freidel et al. 2024; Sugiyama 2010, 2017).
El águila real en Teotihuacan. Portadora del sol
Resumen El sacrificio de águilas reales en Teotihuacan se interpreta desde la perspectiva de las descripciones de los mexicas donde las águilas son consideradas guerreros que portaban al Sol en sus espaldas. El sacrificio de Águilas reales en la Pirámide de la Luna y la Pirámide del sol obedecía a una lógica espacial cuidadosamente recreada, basada en numerales cosmológicamente significativos.
Humans as geomorphic agents: Lidar detection of the past, present and future of the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Nawa Sugiyama , Saburo Sugiyama, Tanya Catignani, Adrian S. Z. Chase, Juan C. Fernandez-Diaz Nawa Sugiyama, Saburo Sugiyama, Tanya Catignani, Adrian S. Z. Chase, Juan C.
Jaguar and puma captivity and trade among the Maya: Stable isotope data from Copan, Honduras
From Moctezuma’s zoo to animals kept in captivity at Teotihuacan, there is increasing evidence that Mesoamericans managed wild animals for a myriad of purposes. The present study situates ritualized animal management of highly symbolic fauna in the broader context of Classic Mesoamerica by examining another core site, the Maya center of Copan, Honduras (A.D. 426–822).
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