Preferred Title:
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Teotihuacan: Citadel
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Alternate Title:
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Ciudadela
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Image View:
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Temple of Quetzalcoatl in the Citadel (Quetzalcoatl was the serpent god), serpent face
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Creator:
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unknown (Mesoamerican)
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Location:
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site: Teotihuacán, México, Mexico
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Date:
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ca. 200-250 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Mesoamerican
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Style Period:
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Early Classic; Mesoamerican
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Work Type 1:
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excavation (site)
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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stone
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Technique:
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carving (processes); construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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face; serpent
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Description:
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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/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A3-M-M-T-6-B11
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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