Estrategias Para La Producción De Navajas De Obsidiana en La Región De Zacapu Y La Vertiente Del Lerma (Michoacan, México) Entre El Epiclásico Y El Posclásico Tardío

Darras, Véronique

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“…This may be important when considering the proposed state control over obsidian production at Ucareo. Darras (2008) has recently cast doubt on the model of state control of obsidian by examining the social contexts of blade producers in the Zinaparo-Cerro Varal source over time. According to her analysis, percussion blade production took place among rural part-time crafts producers living close to the source material during the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic.…”

Section: Michoacán Late Postclassic (Ad 1350-1522)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Recent Research in Western Mexican Archaeology

Beekman

2009

J Archaeol Res

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Western Mexico is vast and geographically diverse and has received far less attention compared to other areas of Mesoamerica. Research over the past decade allows the definition of four major subregions characterized by cultural factors and distinct historical trajectories. A large proportion of the research in western Mexico is still culture-historical in nature, oriented toward establishing chronologies and relationships between regions. But along with a number of recent efforts toward synthesis and consolidation, current theoretical research contributes to the study of mortuary patterns and social organization, alternative forms of social complexity, agricultural intensification, empire formation, state involvement in the economy, human-land relationships, and the interlocking relationship between migration and sociopolitical reorganization.

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Section: Michoacán Late Postclassic (Ad 1350-1522)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Recent Research in Western Mexican Archaeology

Beekman

2009

J Archaeol Res

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“…What factors are responsible for what Darras (2008) aptly termed “la banalización de la navaja prismática” that began some time before the Early Postclassic period? As detailed in the following, I believe that two of the most significant factors were the rise of urban society and what was perhaps the most significant innovation in prismatic core/blade technology since its inception: the ground platform.…”

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Ground Platform Preparation and the “Banalization” of the Prismatic Blade in Western Mesoamerica

Healan

2009

Ancient Mesoam

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For much of their history, prismatic blades were a relatively scarce item whose restricted occurrence suggested they functioned as prestige or luxury items. Some time prior to the Postclassic period, however, they became a widespread, ubiquitous, and mundane commodity in Mesoamerica, as indicated by ethnohistorical accounts as well as archaeological evidence. This occurred around the same time that blademakers began to prepare core platforms by pecking and grinding, a labor intensive process whose advantages are presumed to have played the primary role. The specific causal relationships involved, however, appear to pertain less to factors of increased productivity on the part of individual blademakers than to those of skill, as suggested by comparisons between core/blade technology used in areas close to obsidian sources and those used at sites further removed from the sources.But the truth is that they are cheap, and one doesn't mind using them up.-Torquemada (after Fletcher 1970) E-mail correspondence to: healan@tulane.edu 1 Kirchhoff did, however, mention "wooden swords with flint or obsidian chips along their edges," referring to the Aztec macuahuitl inset with obsidian prismatic blade segments.

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“…For example, in the Zacapu Basin the Postclassic Period was marked by a 50 percent increase in sites and a shift to the malpaís above Zacapu, where up to 20,000 people inhabited thirteen sites covering 5 square kilometers (Michelet 2008;Michelet et al 2005). In addition, obsidian production from the Zináparo zone was reorganized and prismatic blade technology was introduced (Darras 2008).…”

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“…The core of the Tarascan state in the Pátzcuaro Basin was not viable economically on purely local terms, and it thrived only by the exchange of goods and services through local and regional markets and various state institutions (Pollard 1993). While documents indicate the existence and location of markets, the tributary relationships of many communities, and the nature of goods acquired by state long-distance merchants, detailed sourcing analyses of archaeological collections are clarifying the complex nature of the production, distribution, and consumption patterns of obsidian, pottery, shell, and metal objects (see Darras 2008;Hosler 2009;Maldonado 2008;Pollard 2005Pollard , 2008. Analyses of obsidian artifacts, for example, suggest that while Zináparo obsidian production was widely dispersed and exchanged in local and regional markets (Darras 2008), much of the production or distribution of prismatic blades from the Ucareo sources was under state control (Pollard 2008).…”

Section: Tarascan State Structurementioning

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Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica

Tavárez

2018

Hispanic American Historical Review

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5.3. The family tree of La Corona's main royal lineage and other La Corona rulers 5.4. South profile of Structure 13R-2 showing principal phases of construction 6.1. Location of architectural complexes mentioned in the text 155 6.2. Diachronic changes in total labor costs for the central precinct 6.3. Feathered Serpent Pyramid at the Ciudadela 6.4. Diachronic changes in labor costs for major pyramids and administrative/residential structures within the central precinct 6.5. Human representations during the Xolalpan-Metepec phases 6.6. Layout of some apartment compounds 6.7. Plan of the Street of the Dead Complex 7.1. Map of the Maya area 7.2. Detail map of Oaxaca showing selected sites in the Mixteca Alta 185 FIGURES xi 7.3. Map of the region between Piedras Negras, Guatemala, and Yaxchilan, Mexico, showing border sites and fortifications along the northern border of the Yaxchilan kingdom 195 7.4. Detail from page 22 of the Codex Zouche-Nuttall showing the toponyms of subsidiary and border settlements inside of the glyph for the ñuu 199 7.5. Detail of the Lienzo de Ocotepec, an early Colonial document showing the boundaries between Santo Tomas Ocotepec and Santa Maria Cuquila 200 8.1. Extent of the Tarascan empire and major lake basins referred to in text 219 8.2. Major Late Postclassic urban sites in the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin 225 8.3. Local elite identity in burial 9 at Urichu. Spouted polychrome vessel and several bronze and shell earrings 227 8.4. Ritual center of Ihuatzio 228 This volume originated in a session we organized at the 77th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, held in Memphis, Tennessee, in 2012. Our goal was to bring together archaeologists working throughout Mesoamerica to discuss and debate the processes associated with the creation, perpetuation, and negation of politically authoritative relationships. We would like to thank the authors for their thoughtful chapters, as well as those who presented a paper at the SAAs but were unable to contribute to the volume:

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Estrategias Para La Producción De Navajas De Obsidiana en La Región De Zacapu Y La Vertiente Del Lerma (Michoacan, México) Entre El Epiclásico Y El Posclásico Tardío

Cited by 18 publications

References 15 publications

Recent Research in Western Mexican Archaeology

Recent Research in Western Mexican Archaeology

Ground Platform Preparation and the “Banalization” of the Prismatic Blade in Western Mesoamerica

Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica

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