Twin Tollans: Chichén Itzá, Tula, and the Epiclassic to Early Postclassic Mesoamerican World

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Dumbarton Oaks, 2007 - History - 640 pages

This volume had its beginnings in the two-day colloquium, "Rethinking Chichén Itzá, Tula and Tollan," that was held at Dumbarton Oaks. The selected essays revisit long-standing questions regarding the nature of the relationship between Chichen Itza and Tula. Rather than approaching these questions through the notions of migrations and conquests, these essays place the cities in the context of the emerging social, political, and economic relationships that took shape during the transition from the Epiclassic period in Central Mexico, the Terminal Classic period in the Maya region, and the succeeding Early Postclassic period.

 

Contents

Foreword
9
The Development of an Archaeological Myth
85
Chichén Itzá Tula and the Epiclassic Early Postclassic Mesoamerican World System
129
New Excavations at Chichén Itzá Yucatan
151
Hieroglyphic Texts from Chichén Itzá and Its Neighbors
205
Whats Toltec at Uxmal and Chichén Itzá? Merging Maya and Mesoamerican
246
Multepal or Centralized Kingship?
315
Yaxuna and Chichén Itzá
345
The Timing and Nature of the TulaChichén Itzá Exchange
377
Highland Interaction during the ClassicPostclassic Transition
449
The Epiclassic in the Tula Region beyond Tula Chico 481
3
Symbolism of Colonnaded Halls and Sunken Spaces 531
31
A Historiographic Afterword 619
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