Archaeological Remains Recovered Beside the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City

Abstract

The interventions of archaeological recovery in Mexico City have allowed researchers to rebuild the historical outlook of the first Hispanic metropolis in America, even ages before the European presence. This article shows the discoveries made during the excavations of civil work in one of the jardinières located in the west side of the Metropolitan Cathedral, which came up interesting because of the finding of architectonic remains, perhaps related to the urban complex surrounding the pristine catholic temple of the colonial city, and also because of the local artificial stratigraphy, along with the rubbish deposits of the 16th century which were a part of the underground filling, and mainly consisted of prehispanic pottery and colonial ceramic of both national and imported manufacture, with the addition of diverse animal bone remains that were part of the residents daily consumption, and in which varied anthropic alterations formed during food processing were detected.