[Aztlan] The broad history of central america and mexico

[john wasson]

I have already thanked Mike Ruggeri for his regular gfts of information 
about archaeology in genera but, I want to bring up a subject we don't talk 
about very often.

In the work by Subiro Sugiyama there is I think finally enough data about 
Teotihuacan and its means of government (rather cruel) and the area covered 
by its empire. In sugiyamas work there is perhaps barely enough confirmation 
about the areas included in Teotihuacan's empire from people from Southern 
Guatamala to Northern Mexico mostly being savagly butchered in Public. It 
seem that with the Fall of El Mirador which Hansen showed had war tools from 
Teotihuacan on it's surface to the end of the Classic period of the Mayans 
and the Collapse of Teotihuacan itself The Mayan "empire" was a collection 
of City states uder the Hegemony of Teotihuacan with Teotihuacan 
manipulating these city states one against the other but not interfering 
with the religion or the Language of these City states. A system of control 
similar to that of the later (somewhat smaller) area dominated by the 
Azrtecs as shown by Ross Hassig's excellant work.

Prior to the fall of El Mirador the Mayan area was more clearly unified in 
religion, Language, Agriculture,and the Military under the more direct 
control of El Mirador. as best shown by the rise and fall of Cerros a well 
researched (but not well understood  outpost) at the time of  El Mirador.

John Wasson
Angleton Tx