Investigations of the Proyecto Arqueológico Tlajinga Teotihuacan (PATT) in 2019 focused on the southern neighborhood center of this cluster of non-elite residences in the southern periphery of the ancient Mexican metropolis. Our objective was to better understand the social infrastructure of public space within the district and how it tied its inhabitants together. Our methods included excavations at two large architectural complexes, geophysical prospection of these and adjacent structures and plazas, and chemical residue analysis of floors and sediments. They revealed architecturally elaborate complexes decorated with mural painting that appear to have been the loci of civic-ceremonial activities. Materials from the excavated portions of the complexes are inconsistent with residential uses, although it is possible that local elites lived elsewhere in the complexes or in others located nearby. The investigations therefore demonstrate that the semipublic spaces of neighborhood centers were distributed as distantly as this periphery of Teotihuacan and could be as elaborate as those in the urban epicenter, underscoring the city's more muted social inequality.

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墨西哥特奥蒂瓦坎特拉金加区南部邻里中心的挖掘工作

2019 年对 Proyecto Arqueológico Tlajinga Teotihuacan (PATT) 的调查主要集中在这座古老墨西哥大都市南部外围的这群非精英住宅的南部社区中心。我们的目标是更好地了解该地区公共空间的社会基础设施以及它如何将居民联系在一起。我们的方法包括对两个大型建筑群进行挖掘，对这些建筑群和相邻的结构和广场进行地球物理勘探，以及对地板和沉积物进行化学残留物分析。他们展示了装饰有壁画的建筑精美的建筑群，这些壁画似乎是公民仪式活动的场所。综合体挖掘部分的材料与住宅用途不一致，尽管当地精英可能住在建筑群的其他地方或附近的其他地方。因此，调查表明，邻里中心的半公共空间分布在特奥蒂瓦坎的外围，并且可能与城市中心的空间一样复杂，突显了该市较为温和的社会不平等。