CHANGES IN OBSIDIAN SUPPLY DURING THE CLASSIC TO POSTCLASSIC TRANSITION IN PREHISPANIC PUEBLA-TLAXCALA

Summary

The Puebla-Tlaxcala region witnessed several shifts in political and economic power during the Classic to Postclassic transition. This area played a pivotal role in the development of cultural complexity following the demographic rearrangements that followed the fall of Teotihuacan as a pan-regional state power. However, little research has been carried on understanding shifts in exchange networks, especially on the trade of obsidian materials. Using XRF-p analysis, this paper seeks to provide new data on the economy of obsidian trade from the sites Xochitecatl-Cacaxtla, Cholula, Metepec and Tepeticpac. Here, we analyze shifts in obsidian procurement exchange webs and the implication on key resource access and control among local state entities.

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CHANGES IN OBSIDIAN SUPPLY DURING THE CLASSIC TO POSTCLASSIC TRANSITION IN PREHISPANIC PUEBLA-TLAXCALA. Aurelio Lopez Corral, Mari Carmen Serra Puche, Gabriel Vicencio Castellanos. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida. 2016 ( tDAR id: 404660)

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Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica

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min long: -107.271; min lat: 12.383 ; max long: -86.353; max lat: 23.08 ;