New echinoderm remains in the buried offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, Mexico City
| Autor: | Francisco Alonso Solís-Marín, Leonardo López Luján, Carolina Martín-Cao-Romero, Andrea Alejandra Caballero-Ochoa, Belem Zúñiga-Arellano, Yoalli Quetzalli Hernández-Díaz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Luidia Mellita quinquiesperforata Ophiothrix biology Tenochtitlan 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Mexico Mesoamerica Clypeaster biology.organism_classification Eucidaris thouarsii Templo Mayor 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Archaeology Pre-Hispanic period Mexica Empire Meoma ventricosa Pentaceraster cumingi Geography Astropecten duplicatus General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Echinodermata |
| Zdroj: | Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 65 No. S1 (2017): Volume 65 – Supplement 1 – November 2017: Research on Echinoderms in Latin America IV; S168-S179 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 65 Núm. S1 (2017): Volumen 65 – Suplemento 1 – Noviembre 2017: Estudios Latinoamericanos en Equinodermos IV; S168-S179 Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 65 N.º S1 (2017): Volumen 65 – Suplemento 1 – Noviembre 2017: Estudios Latinoamericanos en Equinodermos IV; S168-S179 Portal de Revistas UCR Universidad de Costa Rica instacron:UCR |
| ISSN: | 2215-2075 0034-7744 |
| DOI: | 10.15517/rbt.v65i1-1.31686 |
| Popis: | Between 1978 and 1982 the ruins of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan were exhumed a few meters northward from the central plaza (Zócalo) of Mexico City. The temple was the center of the Mexica’s ritual life and one of the most famous ceremonial buildings of its time (15th and 16th centuries). More than 200 offerings have been recovered in the temple and surrounding buildings. We identified vestiges of 14 species of echinoderms (mostly as disarticulated plates). These include six species of sea stars (Luidia superba, Astropecten regalis, Astropecten duplicatus, Phataria unifascialis, Nidorellia armata, Pentaceraster cumingi), one ophiuroid species (Ophiothrix rudis), two species of sea urchins (Eucidaris thouarsii, Echinometra vanbrunti), four species of sand dollars (Mellita quinquiesperforata, Mellita notabilis, Encope laevis, Clypeaster speciosus) and one species of sea biscuit (Meoma ventricosa grandis). They date back to the reigns of kings Axayacatl (AD 1469-1481), Tizoc (AD 1481-1486), Ahuitzotl (AD 1486-1502), and Motecuhzoma II (AD 1502-1520). Apparently the presence of echinoderms in the offerings is related to the realm of Tlaloc (god of rain and earth). It is believed this organisms, like other marine animals, were used by the priests, like other marine animals, to represent the aquatic underworld of Mesoamerican world-view. Rev. Biol. Trop. 65(Suppl. 1): S168-S179. Epub 2017 November 01. |
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