Los Chimalapas, the Connection of the Zoque with Oaxaca

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Dynamic Frontiers in the Archaeology of Chiapas" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The archaeological community of the Zoque is still under development in the state of Chiapas. Most of the archaeological research focuses on the Maya and some on the Soconusco Coastal region, but very little research on the Zoque themselves. We know that the Zoque had a very complex long-distance regional trade network from where they acquired goods, such as black obsidian from Central Mexico or Usulutan ceramic types from El Salvador. But what happened to the prehispanic communities to the east? With Oaxaca? Foster mentions that the Chimalapas region, the connection between the Oaxaca Isthmus and the Central Depression of Chiapas, would be an interesting region to study such relationships. In this paper, we will present what we know of this region and its possible connections with this unknown archaeological region.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Dynamic Frontiers in the Archaeology of Chiapas   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 35872.0