Huaca de la Luna Platform North — Teotihuacan Valley (Teotihuacan)
Huaca de la Luna Platform North Site
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE)·Local Neolithic·🇲🇽 Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico
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About Huaca de la Luna Platform North — Teotihuacan Valley (Teotihuacan)
Huaca de la Luna Platform North in Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) pyramid attributed to Local Neolithic culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits. The site includes a principal enclosure and ancillary features with votive deposits. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Local Neolithic site illustrating Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) pyramid traditions.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Huaca de la Luna Platform North
- 02Function of ancillary enclosures
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for Local Neolithic
- 02Defensive and ritual focus
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 500 CE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE)
- Culture
- Local Neolithic
- Purpose
- Funerary and ritual complex
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 500 CE
Initial construction
c. 1000 CE
Abandonment or reuse
On the ground
Structures & features
20.5675° N · 98.4376° W · 503 m · 3 mapped features
Huaca de la Luna Platform North — Principal Feature
structurePrimary pyramid feature at Huaca de la Luna Platform North
20.5683° N · 98.4368° WHuaca de la Luna Platform North — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary complex at Huaca de la Luna Platform North
20.5668° N · 98.4382° WHuaca de la Luna Platform North — Outlier
rock artOutlier at Huaca de la Luna Platform North
20.5686° N · 98.4386° W