Interactions during the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic (AD 650–1100) in the Central Highlands: New Insights from Material and Visual Culture
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Interactions during the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic (AD 650–1100) in the Central Highlands: New Insights from Material and Visual Culture" at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Interactions were an integral part of cultural dynamics since early times in Mesoamerica. Migration, exchange, conflict, trade, alliances, and marriages are just some of the mechanisms through which these relationships have been interpreted. Their manifestations in a diversity of material culture allow us to infer the nature and geographic scope of the contacts maintained by the societies under study. One of the characteristics of the Epiclassic/Early Postclassic, recognized since the 1950s, is the identification of similarities among materials, artifacts, forms, and styles over wide spatial and cultural distances. The objective of this session is to deepen in the meaning, implications, and mechanisms of interactions established between AD 650 and 1100 in and between the political entities of Central Mexico, and beyond, based on material culture as well as the different modalities of approach (typological, technical, iconographic, spatial).
Other Keywords
Highland Mesoamerica: Postclassic •
Trade and exchange •
Highland Mesoamerica: Classic •
Craft Production •
Teotihuacan •
Architecture •
Ceramic Analysis •
Materiality •
Collapse •
governance
Geographic Keywords
Hidalgo (State / Territory) •
Colima (State / Territory) •
Queretaro (State / Territory) •
Michoacan (State / Territory) •
Mexico (State / Territory) •
Morelos (State / Territory) •
Jalisco (State / Territory) •
Nayarit (State / Territory) •
Aguascalientes (State / Territory) •
Guanajuato (State / Territory)
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Ancient Tula and Its Interactions with Other Areas of Mesoamerica (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "Interactions during the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic (AD 650–1100) in the Central Highlands: New Insights from Material and Visual Culture" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Over the course of time, archaeological investigations at Tula, Hidalgo, have recovered increasing evidence of systematic exchange with other areas of Mesoamerica spanning Tula’s initial growth in the Epiclassic period and its Early Postclassic...
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Ceramic Pastes: Refining Epiclassic and Early Postclassic Basin of Mexico Typologies and Interactions Close to Home (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "Interactions during the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic (AD 650–1100) in the Central Highlands: New Insights from Material and Visual Culture" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The interplay of compositional, stylistic, and technological variation of pottery from the Basin provides the framework to assess shifting patterns of regional interaction. The Epiclassic is characterized by Coyotlatelco pottery, although this...
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Epiclassic Palaces: Exploring Social Behavior from Spatial Design (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "Interactions during the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic (AD 650–1100) in the Central Highlands: New Insights from Material and Visual Culture" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The built environment expresses the social values applied during architectural design, although these criteria are not always used consciously. Thus, the buildings constructed for the elite of a community show how this group conceives its...
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Indicadores arqueológicos de la identidad de los pobladores de Xochitecatl-Cacaxtla durante el Epiclásico (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "Interactions during the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic (AD 650–1100) in the Central Highlands: New Insights from Material and Visual Culture" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. La cuestión relacionada con los grupos que reocuparon el asentamiento de Xochitecatl-Cacaxtla durante el periodo Epiclásico nos permite seguir preguntándonos quiénes eran y su lugar de procedencia, lo cual ha sido atribuido a cierto grupo étnico...
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Intercambio de materiales pétreos durante el Posclásico Temprano (900-1200 EC) al sur de la cuenca de México: El caso de Acatla-Tulyehualco (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "Interactions during the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic (AD 650–1100) in the Central Highlands: New Insights from Material and Visual Culture" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Los recursos pétreos son una materia prima imprescindible para la obtención de instrumentos, manufactura de joyería y objetos de consumo ceremonial. En este trabajo se emplean diversas metodologías de estudio que incluyen el análisis tipológico,...
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Material Proxies and Stylistic Indicators: On the Adoption of Foreign Forms of Governance at Xochicalco, Morelos, Mexico (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "Interactions during the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic (AD 650–1100) in the Central Highlands: New Insights from Material and Visual Culture" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. With the collapse of Teotihuacan, the central Mexican highlands were plunged into a period of social restructuration, known as the Epiclassic (AD 650–950). This period saw the emergence of independent city-states, rising in the wake of a highly...
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Ritual, Material Culture, and Interaction in the Epiclassic Basin of Mexico: Contextualizing a Temple Assemblage from Chicoloapan (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "Interactions during the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic (AD 650–1100) in the Central Highlands: New Insights from Material and Visual Culture" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Central Mexico’s Epiclassic period (550–850 CE) was a time of significant social change, marked by the breakdown of the Teotihuacan state, political fragmentation, the migration of large numbers of people, and the adoption of new practices and...
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Teotihuacan and Its Interregional Interactions during the Epiclassic Period: New Data from the Suburban Neighborhood of Hacienda Metepec (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "Interactions during the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic (AD 650–1100) in the Central Highlands: New Insights from Material and Visual Culture" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Interregional relations are widely documented for Classic period Teotihuacan (AD 1–600), where a rich and extensive network of goods, people, and ideas connected the ancient city with the rest of Mesoamerica. After its political collapse at about...
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Xochicalco and Teotenango: New Approaches on Their Interactions (750–1150 CE) (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "Interactions during the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic (AD 650–1100) in the Central Highlands: New Insights from Material and Visual Culture" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Since the 1950s, Xochicalco (Morelos) and Teotenango (state of Mexico) have been constantly compared and assumed as two Epiclassic cities. The hypothesis of their contemporaneity and interaction is derived from their similarities in terms of...