Wealth inequality, social stratification, and the built environment in Late Prehispanic Highland Mexico: A comparative analysis with special emphasis on Tlaxcallan

Fargher, Lane F.; Antorcha-Pedemonte, Ricardo R.; Espinoza, Verenice Y. Heredia; Blanton, Richard E.; Corral, Aurelio López; Cook, Robert A.; Millhauser, John K.; Marino, Marc; Rojo, Iziar Martínez; Alcántara, Ivonne Pérez; Costa, Angelica

doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2020.101176

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“…Fargher-Navarro directed a long-term mapping and excavation project at the Late Postclassic city of Tlaxcallan, located 100 km east of Mexico City, from 2007 to 2018 (results below are partially summarized from Fargher et al, 2010;Fargher et al, 2011a;Fargher et al, 2011b;Fargher et al, 2016;Fargher et al, 2020;Fargher et al, 2022, but include unpublished data presented here). Based on a systematic full-coverage archaeological survey and largescale excavations on nine terraces, this project demonstrated that Tlaxcallan was initially occupied between approximately C.E.…”

Section: Landscape Sustainability At Tlaxcallanmentioning

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The impact of ancient Mesoamerican cities on long-term environmental sustainability: the view from historical ecology

Antorcha-Pedemonte,

Rivera-Núñez,

Fargher-Navarro

2023

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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The impact of ancient urban occupations on sustainability has recently become a topic of interest for archaeologists as well as many other scholars. Much of this archaeological research has focused on documenting the longevity of ancient cities and elucidating the social and economic strategies employed at the urban and regional scales to promote urban sustainability. In this article, we add to this discussion by addressing the issue of sustainability by considering the impact of environmental legacies left by ancient cities after their abandonment. Using a series of cases from pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica [OMYK (Coba), Kiuic, Lagunas de Yalahau, and Tlaxcallan], we show through ethnoecological and historical ecological research that in some cases pre-Hispanic people, living in urban zones, affected “intermediate” disturbances that increased biodiversity, biomass, and sustainability by creating second natures that have endured for centuries.

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The impact of ancient Mesoamerican cities on long-term environmental sustainability: the view from historical ecology

Antorcha-Pedemonte,

Rivera-Núñez,

Fargher-Navarro

2023

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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“…We identify EFT. 30 as a possible “high-status” context because it is slightly larger than all the other excavated residences and has a slightly larger and nicer talud façade fronting one room (see Fargher et al 2020). Overall, structural contexts in each of the three districts are represented in our study; we excavated one high-status, four lower-middle status, and one public space (Figure 6a).…”

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Exchange Systems in Late Postclassic Mesoamerica: Comparing Open and Restricted Markets at Tlaxcallan, Mexico, and Santa Rita Corozal, Belize

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In premodern economic systems where the social embedding of exchange provided actors with the ability to control or monopolize trade, including the goods that enter and leave a marketplace, “restricted markets” formed. These markets produced external revenues that could be used to achieve political goals. Conversely, commercialized systems required investment in public goods that incentivize the development of market cooperation and “open markets,” where buyers and sellers from across social sectors and diverse communities could engage in exchange as economic equals within marketplaces. In this article, we compare market development at the Late Postclassic sites of Chetumal, Belize, and Tlaxcallan, Mexico. We identified a restricted market at Chetumal, using the distribution of exotic goods, particularly militarily and ritually charged obsidian projectile points; in contrast, an open market was built at Tlaxcallan. Collective action theory provides a useful framework to understand these differences in market development. We argue that Tlaxcaltecan political architects adopted more collective strategies, in which open markets figured, to encourage cooperation among an ethnically diverse population.

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A constitutional approach to cacao money

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2021

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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Wealth inequality, social stratification, and the built environment in Late Prehispanic Highland Mexico: A comparative analysis with special emphasis on Tlaxcallan

Cited by 11 publications

References 63 publications

The impact of ancient Mesoamerican cities on long-term environmental sustainability: the view from historical ecology

The impact of ancient Mesoamerican cities on long-term environmental sustainability: the view from historical ecology

Exchange Systems in Late Postclassic Mesoamerica: Comparing Open and Restricted Markets at Tlaxcallan, Mexico, and Santa Rita Corozal, Belize

A constitutional approach to cacao money

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