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archaeological analysis of the first controlled excavations of
the vast "City of the Gods" in central Mexico. In 1932, the
Ethnographical Museum of Sweden sent an archaeological
expedition to Mexico under the direction of Sigvald Linné to
determine the full extent of this ancient Teotihuacan occupation
and to collect exhibit-quality artifacts. Of an estimated
2000-plus residential compounds at Teotihuacan, only 20
apartmentlike structures were excavated at the time. Yet Linné's
work revealed residential patterns that have been confirmed
later in other locations. Some of the curated objects from the
Valley of Mexico and the adjacent state of Puebla are among the
most rare and unique artifacts yet found. Another important
aspect of this research was that, with the aid of the Museum of
Natural History in Washington, Linné's team conducted
ethnographic interviews with remnant native Mexican people