Figure: Teotihuacan Mapping Project’s ‘map 1’ with satellite imagery of Teotihuacan with adjacent pueblos labeled (after Millon 1973).

• Systematic survey of the archaeological site and adjacent pueblos.
  1. Questionnaire - what is engagment with Teotihuacan.
  2. Big picture and quantitative assessment.

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Table: Summary of methods used in survey

Results

• Five primary associations developed with Teotihuacan - drive interest in and goals for the site. Practical, everyday basis.

Figure: Boxplot of all scale score distributions.

• ‘Heritage’ at Teotihuacan is comprised of these primary associations:
  1. the archaeological
  2. the economic
  3. the diversionary
  4. the spiritual
  5. as well as heritage in a more restricted sense of symbolic identity

Additionally, more than simply identifying the primary associations, tentative causal factors have been offered as how and why individuals take part in these associations. How do personal variables relate to the goals that individuals form with archaeological sites? For many of the associations, simple ‘exposure’, to the material of the site and artifacts themselves, to archaeological information and experts, and to popular media plays the most determining role. For others, factors such as gender and education are paramount.

Summary of associations

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