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The “Mayanized” Mexicans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Donald McVicker
Donald McVicker*
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Central College, Naperville, IL 60540
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Abstract

After study of the murals recently discovered at Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico, I conclude: (1) that the role played by the Late Classic Maya in the central Mexican highlands during the period A.D. 700—900 was much greater than previously assumed; (2) that a post-Teotihuacán art style and mythology was carried into the central Mexican highlands by conquering people from the Gulf Coast lowlands; and (3) that the term “Mexicanized Maya” can be reasonably rendered “Mayanized Mexican,” particularly in the context of later Toltec developments.

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American Antiquity , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , January 1985 , pp. 82 - 101
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1985

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