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Foreign Neighborhoods at Teotihuacan

Explore how foreign presence shaped city planning in Teotihuacan with case studies of Oaxaca Barrio, Merchants' Barrio, and Tetitla Apartment Compound, revealing evidence of trade, cultural exchange, and unique identity maintenance in an ancient urban landscape.

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Foreign Neighborhoods at Teotihuacan

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  1. Foreign Neighborhoods at Teotihuacan James Doyle

  2. Urbanism at Teotihuacan • City planning/building alignment • Monumental construction • Evidence of long distance trade/cultural interaction • Foreign presence in the form of “barrios”

  3. Case studies • Oaxaca Barrio (Tlailotlacan) • Merchants’ Barrio • Tetitla Apartment Compound

  4. Neighborhoods • Social and physical features related to the use of space • Related to maintenance of cultural identity over time • Constructed in alignment with monumental structures but distinct from local style

  5. Oaxaca Barrio • Identified based on survey collection of Oaxaca-style ceramics • Similar burial style • Ceremonial objects, writing • Rejection versus acceptance of state ideology

  6. Merchants’ Barrio • Circular residential structures • Ties with the Gulf Coast region • Activity centered on the procurement of exotic goods

  7. Tetitla • Elaborate murals painted with distinct elements of Maya iconography • Glyphic phrases in Mayan language • Ceramic and jade from Maya area

  8. Implications • Contemporaneous cultures creating and maintaining specific identities within an urban space • Relationship of foreign enclave to the homeland • Integration of “barrios” into urban landscapes

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