Obsidian Debitage Sequence in Three Sites in West Mexico during the Late Classic Period: A Proposal
Author(s): Max Ayala
Year: 2018
Summary
During the years A.D. 550/600 to A.D. 900/1000 there was a significant emergence of sites with large populations who at one point were subjected to Teotihuacan’s control. This period is known in Mesoamerica as the Late Classic or Epiclassic period. At this time emerging groups sought to control specific resources that would give them power over other groups. One of the most sought after and exploited resources was obsidian. It is known that some deposits were not exploited as intensively and systematically by nearby populations as others. For pre-hispanic groups obsidian was a raw material used for commerce and in everyday life. This work will propose a theory about what really happened with this raw material in West Mexico specifically at sites within the modern state of Michoacán during the Late Classic period.
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Obsidian Debitage Sequence in Three Sites in West Mexico during the Late Classic Period: A Proposal. Max Ayala. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 444591)
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Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica
Spatial Coverage
min long: -107.271; min lat: 12.383 ; max long: -86.353; max lat: 23.08 ;
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Abstract Id(s): 21407