Animal Matter: Ritual, Place, and Sovereignty at the Moon Pyramid of Teotihuacan

Based on primary data and analyses from the Moon Pyramid Project at the center of the UNSECO World Heritage site at Teotihuacan, Mexico (1-550 CE), Animal Matter questions how the inhabitants of this ancient metropolis elevated a monumental earthwork into a sacred mountain that crowns one of the most influential and enduring ritualized landscapes in Mesoamerica.

The research gathered from four dedicatory caches embedded within the Moon Pyramid constitutes one of the best-attested cases of m...