The Offerings Of The Templo Mayor of

The spectacular findings of the historic Templo Mayor Project, which took place in the heart of Mexico City from 1978 to 1997.

Leonardo Lopez Lujan is senior researcher and professor at the Museo del Templo Mayor, INAH, Mexico City.

List of Illustrations

xi

Foreword

xvii

Prologue

xxi

Introduction

xxv

Translators' Note

xxix

The Excavation and Interpretation of the Offerings in the Center of Mexico City: 1519--1978

1

(12)

Historiographic Review

1

(1)

Excavations From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries

2

(3)

Excavations in the Twentieth Century

5

(8)

The Templo Mayor Project and the Excavation of Offerings: 1978--1991

13

(18)

The Project and Its Innovations

13

(5)

The Archaeological Techniques of Excavation and Recording

18

(5)

Conservation and Restoration Techniques

23

(5)

Several Foci of the Study of Offerings

28

(3)

The Offerings and Ritual Ceremonies

31

(12)

The Offerings in the Mesoamerican Religious Context

31

(1)

The Ritual Ceremonies

32

(3)

Ritual Ceremony and Offering

35

(2)

The Space and Time of Rituals

37

(2)

An Assessment of Problems

39

(4)

The Framework of the Offerings

43

(20)

The Excavations of the INAH at the Templo Mayor

43

(9)

The Dating of the Building Stages of the Templo Mayor

52

(2)

The Astronomical Orientation of the Templo Mayor

54

(1)

The Buildings Adjoining the Templo Mayor

55

(8)

The Symbolism of the Templo Mayor

63

(18)

The Templo Mayor as Center of the Universe

63

(7)

The Templo Mayor and the Interpretations of Its Symbolism

70

(5)

Oblation Rites at the Templo Mayor

75

(6)

General Characteristics of the Templo Mayor Offerings

81

(36)

The Offerings as Areas of Activities

81

(2)

The Study Sample

83

(4)

The Spatial Distribution of the Offerings

87

(8)

The Types of Containers

95

(4)

The Types of Contents

99

(6)

The Richness of the Offerings

105

(1)

The Management of Inner Space

106

(5)

Proposals for Analyses

111

(6)

The General Taxonomy of the Templo Mayor Offerings

117

(14)

Classification in Archaeology

117

(2)

Numerical Taxonomy

119

(3)

The Process Employed

122

(9)

Approach to the Meaning of the Offerings

131

(96)

Analysis of the Meaning

131

(1)

Offering 16

132

(16)

Offering 48

148

(9)

The Complexes With the Simplest Offerings (Complexes O, P, and R)

157

(6)

The Complex of Offerings of Blue Jars (Complex N)

163

(5)

The Complex of Offerings of Stone Urns (Subcomplex F1)

168

(4)

Funeral Deposits Complex (Complex E)

172

(11)

The Complex of Consecration Offerings (Complex A)

183

(44)

EPILOGUE

227

(128)

APPENDIX ONE

Relationship of Offerings to Corresponding Complexes

231

(6)

APPENDIX TWO

Description of the Offerings Complexes

237

(78)

APPENDIX THREE

Description of Unique Offerings

315

(24)

Plan, Matrices, and Dendrograms

339

(16)

Notes

355

(36)

Bibliography

391

(18)

Index

409

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