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Archaeology and Ethnohistory in the La Montaña of Guerrero: Patterns in the Political and Territorial Expansion of a Tlapaneco-Mixteco Polity in Post-Classic Mesoamerica
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Figure 8. The key site survey was undertaken with the help of local guides and authorities (Cochoapa Grande, Metlatonoc, Guerrero).

Research Year:  2000
Culture:  Tlapaneco-Mixtec
Chronology:  Post Classic
Location:  Guerrero, México
Site:  Tlapa-Tlachinollan

Table of Contents

Abstract
Resumen
Goals and Problems
Results
Concluding Remarks
List of Figures
Sources Cited

Abstract

According to Codex Azoyú 1, in the year 1421 A.D., the polity of Tlapa experienced a process of territorial growth at the expense of 20 neighboring political units. Thus, the objective of this research was to identify and explain the spatial patterns of territorial expansion related to the formation of this complex Tlapaneco-Mixteco polity. Through an analysis of the incremental evolution of its expansion, I learned about the strategies used by Tlapa to meet the economic demands of the incorporation of new territories. Over a five-month period this project conducted archaeological explorations in eastern Guerrero, México, and it adds to the archaeological knowledge of the nearly unknown Mixteca-Nahua-Tlapaneca region of Mesoamerica.

Resumen

Este proyecto estudia los patrones de expansión político-territorial del señorío Posclásico de Tlapa-Tlachinollan, en la región mixteca-tlapaneca-náhuatl del Estado de Guerrero, México. De acuerdo con las fuentes etnohistóricas, esta unidad política se conformó, entre los siglos XIV y XV de nuestra era, a través de la subyugación militar y política de otros 20 señoríos regionales de la Sierra Madre del Sur. Este proyecto analiza las etapas de conquista del Señorío de Tlapa-Tlachinollan, utilizando información tanto etnohistórica como arqueológica, y propone una serie de patrones de expansión territorial que revelan las estrategias político-económicas empleadas por los gobernantes de Tlapa en su proceso de conquista.

For additional information view the publication below:

Catálogo de sitios arqueológicos de las regiones Mixteca-Tlapaneca-Nahua y Costa Chica de Guerrero (in Spanish)


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