Late Classic/Early Postclassic Chiapanec, Zoque, and Maya socioeconomic interaction in and around the Chiapas Central Depression: further interpretations of the results of an Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of clay sources and paste recipes in Fine Orange ceramics.

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

The Late Classic through Postclassic transition in Central Chiapas, c. 750-900 AD, was a time of dynamic change in population, social, and political organization, some of which was incurred by the entry of the Chiapanec people into the Central Depression. The Spanish Conquistadors, arriving in the area some six centuries later, described the Chiapanec as dominating their Zoque neighbors, and in frequent conflict with Maya groups in the neighboring highlands. This paper investigates the socio-economic organization of people in the Central Depression and their relationship to neighboring groups at the Late Classic –Postclassic transition, through an Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) of fine orange pottery samples. We interpret variation in paste recipes as the result of craft production using a variety of local clay sources, and occasional exchange of vessels from the Jovel Valley. The results of this analysis suggest some interesting features in the socioeconomic organization of the region during this period.

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

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Abstract Id(s): 41648.0