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<< Text Pages >> Teotihuacan - Tetitla - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico

Submitted by bat400 on Monday, 29 March 2010  Page Views: 6821

Multi-periodSite Name: Teotihuacan - Tetitla
Country: Mexico Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Mexico City
Latitude: 19.688553N  Longitude: 98.853757W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico.
An apartment complex just outside the central area of the ancient city. The compound appears to have originally been separate homes, but at some point several walls were removed to create open courtyard space. In the courtyard there are structures that appear to be altars.

Within the remaining rooms are multicolored murals on plaster, some of which have recently been restored. It's assumed that the buildings were still residential after the "renovation," but belonging to a wealth family or group of families.

Note: Teotihuacan Mural Paintings Recover Splendor. See comment.
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Teotihuacan Mural Paintings Recover Splendor by bat400 on Monday, 29 March 2010
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Several Prehispanic mural paintings at Tetitla Palace, in Teotihuacan Archaeological Zone are fully restored after two years of work conducted by specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).

Among the paintings created between 600 and 700 AD, outstand Las Aguilas (The Eagles), Diosas verdes (Green Goddesses), Caballero Jaguar,(Jaguar Warrior), Jaguares anaranjados (Orange Jaguars), Manos (Hands), Aves con conchas (Birds with Shells) and Los Buzos (The Divers).

Jaime Cama Villafranca, expert from the National School of Conservation, Restoration and Museography (ENCRyM) directed the intervention. He stated that work concentrated in 8 of the 16 paintings, those that presented more damage due to sun, wind, dust, humidity and time.

“Intervention began in September 2007, conducting scientific research and taking pigment samples to be analyzed with ultraviolet technology, which allows knowing mineral composition. Graphic registers made after the discovery, 70 years ago, were studied as well”.

Recovery of the black pigment of Las Aguilas mural was achieved, which was no longer perceived by the naked eye. “The mural presented eagle’s heads painted in red, floating on a white space”.

“After analyzing it, we found remains of black lines that united the heads. We restored the black feathers described in archaeological reports of the 1940’s”.



Specialists think Tetitla was a neighborhood inhabited by a wealthy population sector, due to the richness of pictorial decorations.

Conservation of the building's structure to prevent further deterioration was also completed.


For more, including photographs, see http://www.artdaily.org.
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