Narrative, Writing, and the Teotihuacan Language: Exploring Language History Through Phylogenetics, Epigraphy and Iconography

Project Information

NaWaTL

Grant agreement ID: 840033

DOI 10.3030/840033

Project closed

EC signature date 11 April 2019

Start date 1 June 2020

End date 31 January 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 219 312,00

EU contribution € 219 312,00

Coordinated by

KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET
Denmark

Objective

This project deploys an innovative interdisciplinary mixed-methods approach to studying the cultural patterns of ancient Mesoamerican civilization. The study combines traditional comparative analysis of language history with quantitative phylogenetic methods, and with qualitative analyses from epigraphy and ethnohistory to answer a central question in Mesoamerican history: When and from where did the community of linguistic forebears of the Nahuatl-speaking Aztecs disperse in Central Mexico, and are they likely to have played a role in the development and/or downfall of the metropolis of Teotihuacan (ca. 150-600 CE)?

Fields of science

• humanities › history and archaeology › history

Keywords

• Mesoamerica
• archaeolinguistics

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2018 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2018

Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Coordinator

KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET

• Net EU contribution: € 219 312,00
• Address: NORREGADE 10 ; 1165 Kobenhavn ; Denmark
• Region: Danmark › Hovedstaden › Byen København
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: € 219 312,00