ECON 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Xipe Totec, Creator Deity, Feathered Serpent

• School: York University
• Department: Economics
• Course: ECON 1000
• Professor: Andrea Podhorsky

Document Summary

The city is thought to have been established around 100 bc, with major monuments continuously under construction until about 250 ad. The city controlled a large area of the central highlands of mexico during 375 and 500 ce, and probably because of their territories threat. Teotihuacan"s fearsome warriors, carry atlatl dart-throwers and rectangular shields, and they wear impressive costumes of feather headdresses, shell goggles, and mirrors on their backs. They do not only protect their body, fight for the country, but also fight for their beliefs. Evidence of cultural contact in the form of teotihuacan pottery an d luxury goods is found in elite burials across mexico and even as far south as the contemporary maya centres of tikal and copan. This city came to be the largest and most populated centre in the pre-columbian americas. Teotihuacan began as a new religious centre in the mexican highlands around the first century ad.