Golden eagles, wolves, jaguars, and pumas were sacrificed in Teotihuacán Moon Pyramid rituals
18 golden eagles found in Burial 6 represent months in Teotihuacán's 365-day calendar.
Nawa Sugiyama, assistant professor with the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside, is co-director of Project Plaza of the Columns Complex at the UNESCO world heritage site of Teotihuacán. She recently published the book, “Animal Matter: Ritual, Place, and Sovereignty(photo credit: UC Riverside)
