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Teotihuacán - Teotihuacan
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DescriptionLocated 64km (40 miles) NE of Mexico City, Teotihuacán was largest urban & religious center in ancient America, covering over 6.5 square kilometers (4 square miles). The city was planned around beginning of Christian Era and flourished between AD 450-650. It was sacked by Toltecs ca. 750 AD.
Site Name
Teotihuacán
Alternate Site Name
Teotihuacan
Site Type
city
Description
Located 64km (40 miles) NE of Mexico City, Teotihuacán was largest urban & religious center in ancient America, covering over 6.5 square kilometers (4 square miles). The city was planned around beginning of…
Located 64km (40 miles) NE of Mexico City, Teotihuacán was largest urban & religious center in ancient America, covering over 6.5 square kilometers (4 square miles). The city was planned around beginning of Christian Era and flourished between AD 450-650. It was sacked by Toltecs ca. 750 AD.
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"Site Details - Teotihuacán - Teotihuacan, Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/7-568/17-11260. Accessed 09 May. 2025.
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There are 116 specimens from this Item Group
967.21.75 - gastropod shell
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeshell
Place CollectedNorth America: Mexico, Basin of Mexico
967.21.76 - impressed fragment
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typesherd
Place CollectedNorth America: Mexico, Basin of Mexico
967.21.3LOT - projectile points
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeprojectile point
Place CollectedNorth America: Mexico, Basin of Mexico
968.9.1LOT - ceramic and lithic specimens
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typevarious sub-categories
Place CollectedNorth America: Mexico, Basin of Mexico
Date Collectedca 1968-05-20
967.21.74LOT - ceramic and faunal specimens
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typevarious sub-categories
Place CollectedNorth America: Mexico, Basin of Mexico
967.21.21LOT - lithic and ceramic specimens
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typevarious sub-categories
Place CollectedNorth America: Mexico, Basin of Mexico
967.21.40LOT - ceramic specimens
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typevarious sub-categories
Place CollectedNorth America: Mexico, Basin of Mexico
967.21.5LOT - lithic specimens
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typevarious sub-categories
Place CollectedNorth America: Mexico, Basin of Mexico
967.21.62LOT - anthropomorphic head figurines
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typefigurine
Place CollectedNorth America: Mexico, Basin of Mexico
967.21.67LOT - anthropomorphic head figurines
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typefigurine
Place CollectedNorth America: Mexico, Basin of Mexico
967.21.34LOT - rim sherds
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typesherd
Place CollectedNorth America: Mexico, Basin of Mexico