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| Teotihuacan, http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/cstone/span312/teotihuacan2.jpg accessed February 7 2013 |
Teotihuacan was a once vibrant and powerful empire in
Mexico, now a place for intense archaeological study.
The population of the area was at its largest during the 1st to
the 3rd centuries AD. Over the course of a few hundred years the area was
witness to different forms of leadership and rule, and its monuments are
testament to the multiple ideas on government and power.[ii] A place, that originally
was home to “2,200 large multi-family units.”[iii] This demonstrates the
initial power structure of Teotihuacan. There were a lot of people to feed in a
single area, and there was an intense competiveness in order to utilize the
resources available.[iv]
Due to a large growth of the population, the scramble for resources, and the
influx of other cultures moving into the area, as with all issues of
colonialization, the cultures of Teotihuacan blended and created a new social
structure.[v]
One change was also within their religious practices. One such religion
was informed within The Feathered Serpent Pyramid.
[i]
UNESCO Website, Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan, http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/414
accessed February 8, 2013
[ii] Sanders,
William T., Evans, Susan Toby, Rulership
and Palaces at Teotihuacan, in Palaces and Power in the Americas: From Peru
to the Northwest Coast Ed. JJ Christie and PJ. Sarro. The University of Texas
Press 2006
[iii]
Ibid
[iv]
ibid
The Feathered Serpent Pyramid
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| The Feathered Serpent, Screenshot http://www.academia.edu/217758/The_Feathered_Serpent_Pyramid_at_Teotihuacan_Decay_Conservation_and_Future_Perspectives Accessed February 8 2013 |
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| Expertly Compiled Forum on Teotihuacan, screen shot accessed February 7 2013 |
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