Tepos Grand Plaza (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Tepos Grand Plaza

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Excavated structure at the northern edge of the Grand Plaza at Teposcolula-Yucundaa. Architectural investigations of the Grand Plaza resulted in the unexpected discovery of a large epidemic cemetery associated with the 1545-1550 cocoliztli epidemic. The cemetery was found to contain numerous mass burials, attesting to the catastrophic nature of the epidemic.

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Christina Warinner. Image courtesy of the Teposcolula-Yucundaa Archaeological Project.

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