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2008 Dig Season at Tenochtitlan - Templo Mayor by bat400 on Thursday, 12 June 2008

The Summer 2008, American Archaeology features an article by Johanna Tuckman on the dig at a site suspected of being the tomb of Ahuitzotl (1486-1502).
The article includes extensive quotes by the Templo Mayor Director, Leonardo Lopez Lujan on Aztec royalty and the evidence that this site is that of the ruler who preceded Moctezuma Xocoyotzin. The tomb is covered by a massive bas relief of Tlaltechutli, a deity associated with the beginning/end of the life/death cycle. (Here, she is shown in her "death" incarnation, with human skulls carned on her knees and elbows, blood flowing from a lip-less mouth.)
The article explains that this season is focusing on 3D mapping of the Templo Mayor site and digital records of excavated murals. The excavation of the tomb is planned as a slow process, due to the high water levels in Mexico City and the sheer importance of the find.
"'I think everybody here has a mix of feelings. Scientifically speaking, this would be something spectacular,' says Lopez Lujan. 'But the other side of the coin is the responsibility. You only excavate something like this once, and I think we are all getting a little nervous thinking about that.' "

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