Techinantitla, Teotihuacan: Decoding the Legacy of a Lost Mural Compound The ancient city of Teotihuacan—meaning “God Made”—stands as one of Mesoamerica’s most impressive urban centers. Located in Mexico State, just northeast of modern Mexico City, it flourished between 150 and 550 AD, boasting monumental pyramids, intricate plazas, and a sophisticated social structure. Among its many wonders is Techinantitla, a sprawling compound that housed a remarkable collection of murals—fragments of which now reside in museums worldwide. The discovery of these murals in 1976 marked the beginning of an…
A chart of techinantitla, teotihuacan's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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