Interaction and Exchange between Tingambato and the Central Michoacan Area in West Mexico

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Ways to Do, Ways to Inhabit, Ways to Interact: An Archaeological View of Communities and Daily Life" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Long-distance interactions and exchange of goods should leave marks in the material record. Because of the movement of objects or goods, such exchange will be reflected in the presence of foreign objects or technologies. Interactions are themselves a communication process in which ideas and knowledge are transmitted. This is reflected in the expansion of stylistic elements and cultural syncretism, through the adoption, resignification, reproduction, and transmission of ideas, styles, or cultural elements. This presentation aims to address the development of and changes in interactions and mechanisms of exchange between Tingambato, the Michoacán Lake region, and the frontier with Tierra Caliente during the Classic and Epiclassic periods (AD 1–800) as reflected in ceramics and obsidian. The study applies archaeometry techniques such as optical mineralogy and petrographic analysis in thin sections and Electron-Probe Microanalysis (EPMA).

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Ways to Do, Ways to Inhabit, Ways to Interact: An Archaeological View of Communities and Daily Life   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 38289.0