Ancient Mesoamerica
- Ancient Mesoamerica / Volume 7 / Issue 01 / Spring 1996, pp 91-101
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0956536100001310 (About DOI), Published online: 10 October 2008
Special Section: Recent Research in the Lake Basins of Highland Jalisco
The Architecture of the Teuchitlan Tradition of the Occidente of Mesoamerica
Phil C. Weiganda1
a1 Centro de Estudios Antropológicos, Colegio de Michoacán, Zamora 59690, Michoacán, México
Abstract
This study examines the geometry of the architecture of the Teuchitlan tradition of western Mexico. An argument will be made that these concentric circular buildings represent formal architectural planning and that they have cultural significance. The pattern dating from the Classic period (ca. a.d. 200–700) will be stressed.
