Abstract

BARAJAS ROCHA, María et al. Taxonomic Identification of Wooden Objects Recovered in the Proyecto Templo Mayor, Mexico. Intervención (Méx. DF) [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.24, pp.353-424.  Epub Sep 26, 2022. ISSN 2007-249X.  https://doi.org/10.30763/intervencion.258.v2n24.37.2021.

This study provides a multidisciplinary overview of the identification of wood species used in objects found in the Templo Mayor, Mexico. With the aim of understanding both the state of conservation and the stabilization process carried out on the collection -which to date comprises over 2 500 elements- the information on taxonomic identifications thus obtained provides aspects enabling us to comprehensively understand these objects.

This research is part of the first phase of an on-going work and presents the results obtained from 62 samples which were selected and analyzed according to the objects’ place of origin, their state of conservation and the typologies established as part of their archaeological analysis.

Keywords : Templo Mayor; taxonomic identification; gymnosperm; angiosperm; synthetic sugars.

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