This place is really badass. I went once back in the mid 90s. It's so big and advanced. They only showed one picture of what's called 'The Citadel.' Should have mentioned it. Though the buildings are much smaller than the two big ones, it's really cool in it's own right. It's a plaza dug down a couple of meters-ish, ringed with terraced walls and some buildings. It has one fairly large building in one corner on the lowest part and two pyramids up the center. The main pyramid is partially destroyed. But because of that, you can see the face of an earlier pyramid that was later built over. Lots of cool carvings on that one. I still want to go back.
I visited this site as a child and climbed the pyramid of the sun , I still remember the magnificent view and it marked me forver.. ever since because of it I love history, archeology and art ...
Today actually there are this contractors that are destroying a section of it, it has been going on for the past two weeks, they managed to destroyed the the Ahuehuetes bridge, locals have been begging for help and INAH and archeologist sealed the construction to stop it but these contractors are not stopping, the construction is illegal as it is. They’ve damaged many platforms already they have facilitated black market access to that area as well, many artifacts and artesanal work found there has been stolen.
But what do these haplogroups mean for genetic relationships between Teopancazco and other populations in ancient Mesoamerica? Álvarez-Sandoval and colleagues compared the Teopancazco DNA to groups in the Teotihuacan corridor, Oaxaca, and the Maya region and found that they were similar in their diversity. They also compared the ancient Teopancazco results with DNA from nine modern Native Mexican populations, which showed that the ancient skeletons were close to people from Tepehuan, Zapotec, Maya, and Mixtec populations. “These data suggest that the population of the initial phase of Teopancazco (Tlamimilolpa, AD 200-350) was composed mainly by local people and by foreigners from sites belonging to the Teotihuacan corridor to the Gulf Coast,” the authors explain. The fact that there was limited contact with other distant populations “suggests a lower genetic diversity during this time in comparison to the final phase of the Teopancazco history (the Xolalpan phase), characterized by the possible expansion of exchange routes between Teotihuacan and Mesoamerica,” they conclude. The researchers also did DNA testing on infants, which is the only way to tell from the skeleton whether the child was male or female, in light of the suggestion that some of these babies may have been sacrificed. In their sample, there were seven female infants and five male infants. More interesting than the balanced sex ratio, though, was the fact that the male infants showed greater genetic diversity. “This is the first time that hypotheses based on genetic data in relation to infant sacrifices in Mesoamerican populations are proposed,” the authors comment, and the data suggest that additional research may produce more answers to the question of child sacrifice at Teotihuacan. “Before our research,” the authors write, “comprehensive genetic studies aimed to better understand the multiethnicity in this site had not been carried out.” Their results show that, although Teopancazco was genetically diverse, its people came from areas and groups living close by. They are also the first group to suggest, based on DNA data, a relationship between infants and burial styles in the “termination ritual” in the transitional phase of the site.
@@icampos89 reminds me of the mosques in Mali, every year the village gets together and repairs the building together, so some of these mud based structures have lasted centuries
This place is really badass. I went once back in the mid 90s. It's so big and advanced. They only showed one picture of what's called 'The Citadel.' Should have mentioned it. Though the buildings are much smaller than the two big ones, it's really cool in it's own right. It's a plaza dug down a couple of meters-ish, ringed with terraced walls and some buildings. It has one fairly large building in one corner on the lowest part and two pyramids up the center. The main pyramid is partially destroyed. But because of that, you can see the face of an earlier pyramid that was later built over. Lots of cool carvings on that one.
I still want to go back.
I visited this site as a child and climbed the pyramid of the sun , I still remember the magnificent view and it marked me forver.. ever since because of it I love history, archeology and art ...
Came here in December. So cool.
Really enjoy this
Thanks 🌸
Yo quiero ir a Mexico 🥰🥰🥰 Quiero quiero quiero
So magnificent but yet so little writing on the entire site. So strange.....
wow
this was a really good video thanks
Today actually there are this contractors that are destroying a section of it, it has been going on for the past two weeks, they managed to destroyed the the Ahuehuetes bridge, locals have been begging for help and INAH and archeologist sealed the construction to stop it but these contractors are not stopping, the construction is illegal as it is. They’ve damaged many platforms already they have facilitated black market access to that area as well, many artifacts and artesanal work found there has been stolen.
They don’t let people get on the pyramids anymore:(
But what do these haplogroups mean for genetic relationships between Teopancazco and other populations in ancient Mesoamerica? Álvarez-Sandoval and colleagues compared the Teopancazco DNA to groups in the Teotihuacan corridor, Oaxaca, and the Maya region and found that they were similar in their diversity. They also compared the ancient Teopancazco results with DNA from nine modern Native Mexican populations, which showed that the ancient skeletons were close to people from Tepehuan, Zapotec, Maya, and Mixtec populations. “These data suggest that the population of the initial phase of Teopancazco (Tlamimilolpa, AD 200-350) was composed mainly by local people and by foreigners from sites belonging to the Teotihuacan corridor to the Gulf Coast,” the authors explain. The fact that there was limited contact with other distant populations “suggests a lower genetic diversity during this time in comparison to the final phase of the Teopancazco history (the Xolalpan phase), characterized by the possible expansion of exchange routes between Teotihuacan and Mesoamerica,” they conclude.
The researchers also did DNA testing on infants, which is the only way to tell from the skeleton whether the child was male or female, in light of the suggestion that some of these babies may have been sacrificed. In their sample, there were seven female infants and five male infants. More interesting than the balanced sex ratio, though, was the fact that the male infants showed greater genetic diversity. “This is the first time that hypotheses based on genetic data in relation to infant sacrifices in Mesoamerican populations are proposed,” the authors comment, and the data suggest that additional research may produce more answers to the question of child sacrifice at Teotihuacan.
“Before our research,” the authors write, “comprehensive genetic studies aimed to better understand the multiethnicity in this site had not been carried out.” Their results show that, although Teopancazco was genetically diverse, its people came from areas and groups living close by. They are also the first group to suggest, based on DNA data, a relationship between infants and burial styles in the “termination ritual” in the transitional phase of the site.
Want to go?
Mexico incontornavel.
'There would've been a temple on top, made of wood'. Huh? Why? Would they build it out of wood?
New fire ceremonies in Mesoamerica often included the rebuilding of wooden temples. Its a symbolic act of renewal.
@@icampos89 reminds me of the mosques in Mali, every year the village gets together and repairs the building together, so some of these mud based structures have lasted centuries
First they build a collosal pyramid in stone, for so building a temple at the top in three!? Why not continue in the same material, stone?
interesting about there being "writing we don't understand yet" alot of similarities to the egyptian pyramids
You should mention just how much of what we are looking at is reconstructed.
Thanks for reaching out, that was briefly mentioned.
@@smarthistory-art-history don't forget that the mayans are related to the teotihuacan people.
It's totally unethical to dig out burial chambers and remove the offerings and objects
It's unethical to the believers or the people of those times.