Archaeology of Teotihuacan, Mexico
Offerings at the Feathered Serpent Pyramid:
Greenstone Miscellaneous
In addition to beads, earspools, nose pendants,
"resplandores", figurines, and cones, several greenstone objects of
other kinds were found in the central area of the FSP. Some were from
Grave 14 and others were from the looted graves or the looters'
tunnel. According to the stratigraphic data, the following pieces
found in the looters' tunnel seem to have been offerings originally
deposited in Grave 13.
A small plaque (Privious photo:left) in the
form of a temple was found in the disturbed layer near the floor of
Grave 13 . It was incised on both sides with the same design to
represent a temple-platform. In the same layer of Grave 13, two small
button-like round objects (Previous photo:bottom right) were found.
One greenstone pendant in the form of a scroll with a perforation
(Photo left) was found in the lowest disturbed layer of Grave 13. The
presence of a hole indicates that it functioned as a pendant.
Grave 14 also contained
unique greenstone objects. One miniature ax (Photo right) was found
near the cranium of individual 14-B. The surface was smoothed and one
end had a long sharp edge. Several unique beads and plaques were also
included in Grave 14. They were found among many other offerings of
various materials, including simple greenstone beads. They would have
been simply variations of beads or pendants deposited as general
offerings.
Last Update: 8/20/2001
Saburo Sugiyama: Arizona State University, Dept. of Anthropology,
Tempe, AZ 85287
Oralia Cabrera: Arizona State University, Dept. of Anthropology,
Tempe, AZ 85287
©Copyright 1996 Project Temple of Quetzalcoatl, Instituto
Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico/ ASU
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In addition to beads, earspools, nose pendants,
"resplandores", figurines, and cones, several greenstone objects of
other kinds were found in the central area of the FSP. Some were from
Grave 14 and others were from the looted graves or the looters'
tunnel. According to the stratigraphic data, the following pieces
found in the looters' tunnel seem to have been offerings originally
deposited in Grave 13.
A small plaque (Privious photo:left) in the
form of a temple was found in the disturbed layer near the floor of
Grave 13 . It was incised on both sides with the same design to
represent a temple-platform. In the same layer of Grave 13, two small
button-like round objects (Previous photo:bottom right) were found.
One greenstone pendant in the form of a scroll with a perforation
(Photo left) was found in the lowest disturbed layer of Grave 13. The
presence of a hole indicates that it functioned as a pendant.
Grave 14 also contained
unique greenstone objects. One miniature ax (Photo right) was found
near the cranium of individual 14-B. The surface was smoothed and one
end had a long sharp edge. Several unique beads and plaques were also
included in Grave 14. They were found among many other offerings of
various materials, including simple greenstone beads. They would have
been simply variations of beads or pendants deposited as general
offerings.