1. Foreign Neighborhoods at Teotihuacan
James Doyle

2. Urbanism at Teotihuacan
City planning/building alignment
Monumental construction
Evidence of long distance trade/cultural interaction
Foreign presence in the form of “barrios”

3. Case studies Oaxaca Barrio (Tlailotlacan) Merchants’ Barrio
Tetitla Apartment Compound

4. Neighborhoods Social and physical features related to the use of space
Related to maintenance of cultural identity over time
Constructed in alignment with monumental structures but distinct from local style

5. Oaxaca Barrio
Identified based on survey collection of Oaxaca-style ceramics
Similar burial style
Ceremonial objects, writing
Rejection versus acceptance of state ideology

6. Merchants’ Barrio Circular residential structures
Ties with the Gulf Coast region
Activity centered on the procurement of exotic goods

7. Tetitla
Elaborate murals painted with distinct elements of Maya iconography
Glyphic phrases in Mayan language
Ceramic and jade from Maya area

8. Implications
Contemporaneous cultures creating and maintaining specific identities within an urban space
Relationship of foreign enclave to the homeland
Integration of “barrios” into urban landscapes