The Mystery of Managua Polychrome Part II

Summary

This presentation continues the discussion of Managua Polychrome I began in a paper presented at the 2014 SAA general meeting. While Part I of this paper focused on early attempts to describe and define Managua Polychrome (a distinctive Late Postclassic ceramic type characteristically found in the Managua-Masaya region of Pacific Nicaragua that has been largely neglected by archaeologists working in Greater Nicoya) and discussed the connections between the type and Nimbalari Trichrome (a ceramic type associated with Chiapa de Corzo), Part II will focus on the relationships between these types and near-identical ceramic types found in supposed Mesoamerican enclaves in countries lying between Nicaragua and Chiapas (including Honduras and El Salvador). This paper will discuss whether these types can be used to delineate some of the trade routes that connected Lower Central America to Mesoamerica—a topic pertinent to ongoing efforts to understand the arrival of Mesoamerican peoples in Greater Nicoya during the Postclassic Period.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Caminos perdidos y vías olvidadas: Trade Routes and Exchange Networks in Late Pre-Hispanic Central America   •
• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

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