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Zacpeten) Peten) Guatemala was densely'settled front the Late Postclassic to Contact periods. During initial contact with the Spaniards and after the conquest of Peten in 1697) a group called the [(owoj occupied the area where the site is located. Excavations in domestic contexts at Zacpeten revealed that occupants of la'0er residences had greater accessto resources.Many common trade artifacts such asgreenstone) serpentine) and obsidian strongly correlate with residence size) indicating that inequality in spatial resources was associated with accessto trade. The scarcest non-local items) including copper alloy artifacts) were limited to public ceremonial areas and the residences of the highest [(owoj elite. Instead of corresponding with accessto trade) the possession of these items was relatedto high-level participation in the religious hierarchy. There are a variety of activity areas that were structured by a dualistic division in domestic space that was not overtly related togender.

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From initial contact with the Europeans until their conquest (C.E. 1525-1697), the Itza and their political rivals, the Kowoj, dominated Petén, Guatemala. Colonial artifacts at Zacpetén record the initial appropriations of European objects by the Kowoj. All such objects rested in ceremonial contexts, indicating that the Kowoj considered them positive sources of sacred power. The Kowoj were in contact with the Spaniards and knew they were the source of the valued materials; hence, the materials also signified otherness.Social elites frequently retained objects obtained from long distances, even those of oppressive colonial groups, as positive contagion.I argue that the Kowoj incorporated colonial objects into their rites to harness the power of alterity. [

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