Ancient Obsidian Trade in Campeche, Mexico

Summary

This is an abstract from the "A Session in Memory of William J. Folan: Cities, Settlement, and Climate" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Those of us who were fortunate enough to work with Willie Folan all know that he was generous to a fault. I was invited first to study obsidian artifacts excavated by his team at the great Preclassic to Classic Maya city of Calakmul, and then to continue that work with later projects, including Postclassic Champotón. Over the decades, Willie and Lynda continued to extend their hospitality and generosity by including me in publications, helping my students take their first steps in Maya archaeology, and through numerous invitations to work in the lab or even stay with them. In this paper, I try to summarize the research I conducted with the Folans concerning ancient obsidian exchange, production, and consumption in the western Maya lowlands.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• A Session in Memory of William J. Folan: Cities, Settlement, and Climate   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 35734.0