ABSTRACT
The huge multiethnic metropolis of Teotihuacan in Classic period Central Mexico is one of the largest preindustrial urban development's of ancient times. In La Ventilla Barrio in southwestern Teotihuacan, different functional sectors are located in separate compounds: a ritual sector, an administrative one, and a craft production sector for lapidary craftsmen. Most of the worker population buried at Teopancazco may have eaten mainly tortillas and maize-fed animals, as seen in the stable isotope study published by Morales-Puente et al. Different types of seals found at Teopancazco raise the possibility that they may have served as administrative devices, as well as pintaderas or large rectangular seals for printing designs on cloth, and other curved seals perhaps for body paint. Xalasco is one of these sites located near Huamantla in Tlaxcala. Stone slab structures and feline stone decoration called our attention to the site as a possible way station for Teotihuacan caravans from Teopancazco to Veracruz.
