The “Albarradón de Ecatepec”: Investigation Strategies and Results of a Paradigmatic Case of Rescue Archaeology in the Urban Area of the Basin of Mexico

In this work, the results of the excavations of archaeological salvage are exposed, made during several seasons in the antique dam-carriageway known as: “Albarradón de Ecatepec” (García 2015). Under the auspices of the National Institute of Anthropology (INAH), the research assignments have been mad...

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Autor principal: García Chávez, Raúl Ernesto
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Revista de Arqueología Histórica Argentina y Latinoamericana 2018
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Acceso en línea:http://plarci.org/index.php/RAHAYL/article/view/259
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/9980
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Sumario:In this work, the results of the excavations of archaeological salvage are exposed, made during several seasons in the antique dam-carriageway known as: “Albarradón de Ecatepec” (García 2015). Under the auspices of the National Institute of Anthropology (INAH), the research assignments have been made, which have proportionated a vast amount of archaeological data, which coupled to the researches on historic documents, have let us determine its antiquity, its constructive system, architectonic forms and material throughout its 4030 of extension. Likewise, the excavations allowed an analysis of the deterioration of the exposed ornament, so that the first great restauration and integral consolidation work could be done.