Las posiciones cristianas de los cerros de Malvecino y de La Veracruz en el asedio de Alcalá la Vieja: Un estudio de visibilidad

Galán, Mario Ramírez; Laguna, Rafael Montalvo

doi:10.15366/cupauam2019.45.010

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“…Nevertheless, during the Classic period, Altotonga/Gomez Sur obsidian was traded through the same network as Z-O1 material. For instance, at Laguna de los Cerros in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas of Veracruz, the Altotonga/Gomez Sur material comprises 9 percent ( n = 23) of the Early Classic, 19 percent ( n = 34) of the Late Classic, and 12 percent ( n = 15) of the Terminal Classic period sample (Ramírez Sánchez 2008:127, Table 12). In the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Zeitlin (1982:268) found that Altotonga comprises 17 percent of the Early Classic sample and 48 percent of the Late Classic sample.…”

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Obsidian Sub-Sources at the Zaragoza-Oyameles Quarry in Puebla, Mexico: Similarities With Altotonga and Their Distribution Throughout Mesoamerica

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Glascock

et al. 2017

Latin Am. antiq.

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We present data produced through archaeological and geological survey, as well as geochemical analysis of the Zaragoza-Oyameles obsidian source area located on the northern and western flanks of the Los Humeros Caldera in eastern Puebla, Mexico. One result of the intensive archaeological surface survey of this obsidian source area was the identification of 117 obsidian flow-band exposures. Geologic samples from 40 of these were submitted for instrumental neutron activation analysis. Eighty-five projectile points collected from the surface were characterized using portable X-ray fluorescence. These analyses identified three sub-sources: Z-O1, Potreros Caldera, and Gomez Sur. The Gomez Sur sub-source appears chemically similar to the previously identified Altotonga source, located 25 km to the northeast. Results of the geological survey help elucidate the relationship of Altotonga obsidian with the Zaragoza-Oyameles source area. The data from the three sub-sources are compared to all consumer site data attributed to the Zaragoza-Oyameles source in the Missouri University Research Reactor database. Results indicate that the majority of consumer samples throughout Mesoamerica match the Z-O1 sub-source, while 4 percent match the Potreros Caldera sub-source. This information, combined with the Gomez Sur data, is discussed in terms of economic relations with the regional center of Cantona. Obsidian procurement and distribution may have been more nuanced than previously modeled. We suggest that a number of potentially independent communities in addition to Cantona may have been involved in distributing this obsidian throughout Mesoamerica.

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