[Aztlan] New data on the Toltec culture

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

New data on the Toltec Culture was presented at the 12th Conference of  
Northern Frontier Archaeology at Paquime.
Between 900-1100 CE, relations between the western and northern  
Mesoamerican frontier and central Mexico created a new culture--the  
Toltec culture. After the fall of Teotihuacan, northern groups began  
to fill the vacuum in central Mexico with their ideas, mainly in  
ceramic iconography. Zoomorphic and anthropomorphic elements entered  
from the northern coast and geometric designs entered from the  
Chupicuaro and Chalchihuites traditions. The northern frontier  
tradition also brought in strong human sacrifice themes in the cult of  
skulls and sacrificial knives.
At the site of Cienaga de Zacapu in Michoacan, ceramic traditions  
associated with the Southwest USA have been found. Eventually, these  
styles moved north to Zacatecas and Durango and then into the Hohokam  
culture of the Ancient Southwest.

INAH has the report here;
http://dti.inah.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=39&Itemid=150

A tiny URL;
http://tiny.cc/jG1r8

Mike Ruggeri

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