Skip to main content University of California, Riverside

News

Home
Latest Articles
Calendar
Experts
In the News
Info for Media
Inside UCR
UCR Magazine
- Overview
- Fall 2024
- Summer 2024
- Spring 2024
- Winter 2024
- Fall 2023
- Summer 2023
- Spring 2023
- Fall 2022
- Summer 2022
- Archive
- Subscriptions

Breadcrumb

Teotihuacán

UC Riverside Facebook UC Riverside X/Twitter UC Riverside YouTube UC Riverside Instagram UC Riverside TikTok

The Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacán, México on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. (UCR/Stan Lim)

How animals, people, and rituals created Teotihuacán

Discovery of nearly 200 animals remains is among the most abundant mass cases of animal sacrifices found in ancient metropolis.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | January 15, 2025 | Social Science / Education

Complete skeletal remains of a 1,700 year-old spider monkey found in Teotihuacán, Mexico. PHOTO COURTESY OF NAWA SUGIYAMA

1,700-year-old spider monkey remains discovered in Teotihuacán, Mexico

The complete skeletal remains of a spider monkey — seen as an exotic curiosity in pre-Hispanic Mexico — grants researchers new evidence regarding social-political ties between two ancient powerhouses: Teotihuacán and Maya Indigenous rulers. The discovery was made by Nawa Sugiyama, a UC Riverside anthropological archaeologist, and a team of...