Ceramic Evidence for Immigration among Households at Calixtlahuaca in the Toluca Valley

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Calixtlahuaca is a Middle-to-Late Postclassic (A.D. 1130-1530) Mesoamerican site located in the Toluca Valley of Central Mexico. While originally a Matlazinca settlement, the site was conquered by the Aztec Empire, and documentary evidence suggests subsequent Mexica immigration to the region. I use the site to examine immigration patterns based on the Aztec-style ceramics found within household contexts. This poster uses attribute level data of ceramics to address the differences between imported Basin of Mexico ceramics as opposed to local imitations, in order to assess whether the pottery was imported from the Basin of Mexico, made by Aztec craftsmen who immigrated to Calixtlahuaca, or if the imitations were produced by local craftsmen in an attempt to copy the Aztec style. In turn, this will help address the larger question of what groups of people were sent out by the Empire to establish a presence in conquered areas.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25122