[Aztlan] Maya trade routes

[Nick Hopkins]

I don't have the sources at hand, but somebody (I think it was John  
Clark) talked about an early (Preclassic/Early Classic) trade route  
from the Peten to the upper Grijalva, down the Grijalva to the  
Sumidero at Tuxtla, then around the western fringes of the Chiapas  
Highlands to the La Venta area.  This route was supposedly marked by  
a series of E-group sites.  Bear in mind that at this time very  
little of this territory was Mayan, the Mixe-Zoqueans dominating in  
the Grijalva Valley (before the Chiapanecs) and western Chiapas, and  
for that matter, maybe Mirador etc. in the Peten (and certainly  
around La Venta).

I can look some of this up if necessary.

Nick Hopkins

On Apr 17, 2007, at 10:49 PM, David and Fiona Gray wrote:

> Hi all,
>            Was the Grivalja river ever a major trading route for  
> the maya. Would appreciate any information that i can get.