Sierra Red Ceramics, Identity, and Foodways in the Middle and Late Formative Chiapa de Corzo Polity, Chiapas, Mexico.

Summary

Data from a surface survey of 105 sq km in and around the site of Chiapa de Corzo indicate that over the course of the Late Formative, serving vessels of Sierra Red, a style that originated in the Maya Lowlands, were widely adopted across the Chiapa de Corzo polity. At the capital early Sierra Red serving vessels largely conformed to the size of serving vessels from the Maya Lowlands. In the hinterland, however, the Sierra Red vessels people were using had dimensions that conformed more tightly with earlier local, Middle Formative, styles of serving vessels, which were larger. These data provide preliminary support for the notion that while commoners in the hinterland emulated the ceramic styles of the ruling elite at the center, their foodways were much slower to change.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)

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