Recientes estudios paleo-etnobotánicos en Teotihuacan, México

Abstract

The separation and analysis of identifiable botanical specimens from 23 of the 26 Teotihuacan Mapping Project excavations and Laurette Sejourne's excavation of Burial No 11 in the Zacuala Patios, has important applications to the study of prehistoric subsistence agriculture and economy. The importance of the use of flotation techniques for the recovery of botanical material is stressed, and a selectet sample of the botanical specimens which have so far been identified is discussed. The implications of these data for archaeological investigation at Teotihuacan, in the Central Highlands of Mexico, and in Mesoamerica in general are considered,