Chiapa de Corzo at the Crossroads: Reassessing Interaction and Invasion at the End of the Preclassic period

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Inter-regional Relations of the Zoque Province and its Surrounding Areas." session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Previous research has suggested that the Late Preclassic conquest of Chiapa de Corzo's Zoque capital by Maya forces explains the widespread presence of Chicanel Ceramic Group materials in the royal tombs of Structure 1 and the offerings of Structure 5. However, new data on the settlement patterns in Chiapa de Corzo's hinterland reveal alternative scenarios of Zoque-Maya interaction, shedding light on the sociocultural transformations that occurred in subsequent periods.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Inter-regional Relations of the Zoque Province and its Surrounding Areas.   •
• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)

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Abstract Id(s): 50972