Molding a New Order: Ideological Transitions and Gulf Coast-Maya Lowland Interaction, AD 800–1000

Summary

This is an abstract from the "The Movement of People and Ideas in Eastern Mesoamerica during the Ninth and Tenth Centuries CE: A Multidisciplinary Approach Part I" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

As numerous studies have noted, changes in themes, compositions, and content in Maya stone monuments from the ninth and tenth centuries present a departure from their Classic counterparts, which in turn appears to reflect changes in social structure and shifting patterns of regional and cross-regional interaction. At the same time, new ceramic types that seem to mirror the changes apparent in stone monuments circulated among Maya Lowland centers. To what extent did ceramic vessels serve as vehicles for imagery and symbolism adopted by Terminal Classic elites? Two types of mold-pressed vessels in particular share apparent formal and technological similarities: Río Blanco vessels from Veracruz and Pabellon Molded-Carved vessels from the eastern Maya Lowlands. This presentation considers the relationship between these two types and gauges the extent to which they reflect new patterns of cross-regional interaction and shifting ritual and ideological themes around the time of the Classic Maya collapse.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Movement of People and Ideas in Eastern Mesoamerica during the Ninth and Tenth Centuries CE: A Multidisciplinary Approach Part I   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36300.0