The Matlatzinca-Aztec City of Tlacotepec: Results of the Proyecto Arqueológico Tlacotepec/Tlacotepec Archaeological Project

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In 1565, the Matlatzinca Pablo Ocelotl and the Nahua Alonso Gonzales appeared before a Spanish judge in lawsuit over lands in the community of Tlacotepec, in the Toluca Valley of Central Mexico. While describing the rise and fall of their families under Matlatzinca, Aztec, and Spanish rule, both swore their families were long time residents of community. In 2023, the Proyecto Arqueológico Tlacotepec/Tlacotepec Archaeological Project conducted an intensive survey of the Postclassic Matlatzinca-Aztec site of Tlacotepec, focusing on evaluating the timing and degree of Triple Alliance control in an intermediate province of the empire. This poster presents preliminary survey results of the chronological and cultural affiliations of the site, its spatial extent, and intrasite patterning. The site has been occupied from Early Postclassic through the present, and the survey found materials associated with the Early Postclassic through Early Spanish Colonial periods. The material at the site is predominately Matlatzinca, with evidence for interaction with the Basin of Mexico limited to the end of the Late Postclassic, adding an additional page to Pablo and Alonso’s story.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 39117.0