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TIKAL'S EARLY CLASSIC DOMINATION OF THE GREAT WESTERN TRADE ROUTE: CERAMIC, LITHIC, AND ICONOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2012

Brent K.S. Woodfill  and
Chloé Andrieu
Brent K.S. Woodfill*
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Child and Family Studies, P.O. Box 40198, Lafayette, LA 70504
Chloé Andrieu
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Archéologie des Amériques, University Paris I Panthéon La Sorbonne, Maison de l'archéologie et de l'ethnologie, 21 allée de l'université, Nanterre, France92023
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Abstract

This article reviews new evidence suggesting that Tikal and its allies controlled trade along the Pasión River during the latter half of the Early Classic period (ca. a.d. 460–550) and the possible impacts this had on geopolitical interaction. Recent data in the Candelaria Caves and other Pasión River sites showed the strong influence of Tikal during this time period that could indicate that they were active agents in interregional trade between the Maya highlands and lowlands. A quantitative reevaluation of the Pennsylvania lithic collection does demonstrate an important change in Tikal's importation of both obsidian and jade during the Early Classic period. Together, the stylistic changes in the locally manufactured ceramics and the drastic increase of lithic raw materials at Tikal strongly suggest that Tikal was directly or indirectly controlling the Chixoy-Pasión trade route at this time. After the defeat of Tikal by Caracol in a.d. 562, it apparently lost this influence, ceasing to be a strong agent in jade and obsidian production and exchange, instead becoming a wealthy consumer.

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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , Fall 2012 , pp. 189 - 209
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