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New echinoderm remains in the buried offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, Mexico City

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Author	Martín-Cao-Romero, Carolina Solís-Marín, Francisco Alonso Caballero-Ochoa, Andrea Alejandra Hernández-Díaz, Yoalli Quetzalli Luján, Leonardo López Zúñiga-Arellano, Belem
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	Between 1978 and 1982 the ruins of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan were exhumed a few meters northward from the central plaza (Zocalo) of Mexico City. The temple was the center of the Mexica's ritual life and one of the most famous ceremonial buildings of its time (15 th and 16 th centuries). More than 200 offerings have been recovered in the temple and surrounding buildings. We identified vestiges of 14 species of echinoderms (mostly as disarticulated plates). These include six species of sea stars ( Luidia superba , Astropecten regalis , Astropecten duplicatus , Phataria unifascialis, Nidorellia armata, Pentaceraster cumingi ), one ophiuroid species ( Ophiothrix rudis ), two species of sea urchins ( Eucidaris thouarsii , Echinometra vanbrunti ), four species of sand dollars ( Mellita quinquiesperforata , Mellita notabilis, Encope laevis, Clypeaster speciosus ) and one species of sea biscuit ( Meoma ventricosa grandis ). They date back to the reigns of kings Axayacatl (AD 1469-1481), Tizoc (AD 1481-1486), Ahuitzotl (AD 1486-1502), and Motecuhzoma II (AD 1502-1520). Apparently the presence of echinoderms in the offerings is related to the realm of Tlaloc (god of rain and earth). It is believed this organisms, like other marine animals, were used by the priests, like other marine animals, to represent the aquatic underworld of Mesoamerican world-view. Rev. Biol. Trop. 65(Suppl. 1): S168-S179. Epub 2017 November 01.
Starting Page	168
Ending Page	179
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.15517/rbt.v65i1-1.31686
Volume Number	65
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/download/31686/31330
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://rediberoamericanaequinodermos.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/15-Martin-Buried.pdf
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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