ANTH 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Teotihuacan, Burke Museum Of Natural History And Culture, Kennewick Man
Document Summary
Their name is given by the language (nahuatl: city of god) is the language that is spoken by the aztecs and it is still used by the native people in mexico. When the aztecs sow the city, teotihuacan remains they decided that this is the palace were the god coming from, because they thought it was not made by humans. These words are coming from items that were introduced to the european from the new world. Teotihuacan was established around 100 bce collapse of the old mix 600 800. Teotihuacan city reached a size of 8. 5 miles with 125,000 people. Teotihuacan city is the largest city in the americas and one of the largest in the world. Archaeologists miss information about this city, but they found it is a major commercial center (trade) in teotihuacan, where there was transportation of raw material.
