Compositional and Stylistic Analysis of Texcoco-Molded Censers and Molds from the Gulf Lowland Frontier of the Aztec Empire

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Ceramics and Archaeological Sciences" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Over the past 20 years a growing assemblage of Aztec-style ceramics, specifically Texcoco Molded censers and molds, has been recovered from sites throughout the northeastern Tochtepec province of the Triple Alliance Empire. In this presentation, we examine the chemical compositions using pXRF, paste recipes, and decorative attributes and configurations of these censers, as well as the molds for their production. We compare imperial-style materials found within the western Tuxtla Mountains and the Eastern Lower Papaloapan Basin with undecorated ceramics made using long-enduring paste traditions. The point of this analysis is to determine the degree of affinity with existing ceramic resources and the products of ceramic communities of practice, as well as the potential modes of exchange and adoption of this nonlocal imperial style. We will consider a variety of models for incorporation, including the movement of pots, people, and ideas.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Ceramics and Archaeological Sciences   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 35592.0