Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Teotihuacan: Citadel

Preferred Title: 
Teotihuacan: Citadel
Alternate Title: 
Ciudadela
Image View: 
Temple of Quetzalcoatl in the Citadel (Quetzalcoatl was the serpent god), serpent face
Creator: 
unknown (Mesoamerican)
Location: 
site: Teotihuacán, México, Mexico
Date: 
ca. 200-250 CE (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Mesoamerican
Style Period: 
Early Classic; Mesoamerican
Work Type 1: 
excavation (site)
Classification: 
architecture
Material: 
stone
Technique: 
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Subjects: 
face; serpent
Description: 
Another magnificent complex, the Ciudadela compound at the intersection of the Street of the Dead and the principal east-west avenue, also dates to this early period [150-250 CE] and contains both religious and palatial structures. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
Collection: 
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier: 
1A3-M-M-T-6-B11
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.