Cerro Portezuelo

Description:
This project focuses on the analysis of the ceramics and other materials from the site of Cerro Portezuelo, in the Basin of Mexico. This site is important because it was a major provincial center of the Teotihuacan state, and it is one of the few sites to span the transition to the post- Teotihuacan Epiclassic Period, still very poorly understood.

Cowgill supervises an ASU-managed archaeological research center at Teotihuacan, which houses massive collections of survey and excavation materials from that and nearby sites, as well as housing for up to a dozen students and other researchers. It has been a basis for many MA papers and doctoral dissertations, and the collections and facilities offer opportunities for many more.

In addition to the above activities, Cowgill is engaged in several writing projects, including a general book on ancient Teotihuacan, for Cambridge University Press.