Cerámica Tzakol e interacción social durante el Clásico Temprano. Una mirada desde Naachtún, Petén, Guatemala

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Alejandro Patiño Contreras

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En este trabajo, propongo que la cerámica Tzakol fue un elemento que permitió el establecimiento de afiliaciones socio−culturales particulares en las Tierras Bajas mayas. Utilizando el caso de las cerámicas del periodo Clásico Temprano (200-500/550 d.C.) en el sitio de Naachtún, propongo que la dispersión de las cerámicas Tzakol tiene que ver con un esfuerzo por establecer sistemas de interacción de gran extensión, en parte como reacción a barreras sociales establecidas en épocas anteriores. La aceptación de éstos en Naachtún pudo representar una participación activa en redes extensas de interdependencia regional. Ello a su vez abrió el flujo de una cantidad considerable de recursos que permitieran el crecimiento de dicho centro.

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Patiño Contreras, A. (2016). Cerámica Tzakol e interacción social durante el Clásico Temprano. Una mirada desde Naachtún, Petén, Guatemala. Estudios De Cultura Maya, 48, 39-70. https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ecm.2016.48.759
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Alejandro Patiño Contreras, Proyecto Arqueológico Petén Norte-Naachtún

Alejandro Patiño-Contreras. Colombiano. Doctor en Arqueología por la Universidad de Calgary (Alberta, Canadá). Actualmente trabaja como ceramista en el “Proyecto Naachtún-Petén Norte en Guatemala”. Sus intereses de investigación conciernen el desarrollo de la cultura material y su relación con el establecimiento de redes sociales en sociedades preindustriales, la cerámica del área maya y el período Clásico Temprano en las tierras bajas mayas. Entre sus últimas publicaciones se encuentran “Patrones de desarrollo en la cerámica de Naachtún, Petén, Guatemala”, “Production of Pottery during the Early Classic in Naachtún and Uaxactún, Petén, Guatemala” y “Crisis múltiples en Naachtún: aprovechadas, superadas e irreversibles”, las dos primeras como autor único y la última en coautoría.

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