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lords with Great Tasseled Headdress
ruler
triad of pyramids
palace
ruler
triad of pyramids
palace
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Paulinyi, Zoltán. 2025. «Ruler and Palace in Teotihuacán: An Iconographic Analysis». Anales Del Instituto De Investigaciones Estéticas 47 (127):47-83. https://doi.org/10.22201/iie.18703062e.2025.127.2916.
Resumen
This article addresses linked topics which have been debated intensely in the specialized literature: it proposes to identify the rulers of Teotihuacán, and their palace, through iconographic analysis of images worked in different materials. I present new arguments in favor of my proposal that the figures wearing the Great Tasseled Headdress fulfilled the role of rulers of the city. I also analyze a set of images on ceramics which indicate that their palace, with martial attributes, was a triad of pyramids, probably also including a monumental ceremonial platform. I propose that a possible candidate for the seat of government of Teotihuacan is the archaeological triad of the Plaza of the Columns.
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