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Kurt Henrich Wogau Chong
October 25, 2023 @ 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Tlateles, gardens, chinampas and swamps. The Basin of Mexico more than a lacustrine landscape
The endorheic Basin of Mexico (BM) is characterized by a heterogeneous landscape that comprises volcanic and tectonic structures and a diversity of depositional systems that include glacial, alluvial, fluvial, eolian, and lacustrine sediments. The alluvial plains around Lake Texcoco are complex features formed by medium to low-order fluvial drainages. Additionally, the structure of these plains is complicated by the influence of springs and wetlands, many of which are associated with archaeological sites of various periods. The proposed work aims to study the landscape evolution of floodplain areas in tandem with human occupations spanning the preceramic, agricultural, and Aztec periods on the eastern side of Lake Texcoco. A paleo landscape reconstruction will be performed using the floodplain sediments of San Bernardino and Chapingo fluvial systems as natural archives and the archeological record from the Texcoco Man pre-ceramic burial site.