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Author: * Sak Biyaan ShieldJaguar -
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Date: Apr 6, 2007 - 16:34
It seems like the Teotihuacano influence extended across the Peten region and impacted several of the cities, tho Tikal is one of the more pronounced. While working on something else, concerning several Maya cities, I keep running across little blurbs about Mexican iconography or Teotihuacan. LOL I'd make a fair bet that when Teotihuacan started to really reach its pinnacle, the long arms of the king swept out - but like you said Spearthrower, we won't ever be entirely certain of the why of it. (not unless somewhere there's a nice, concise account of events waiting to be found......oh, if only! LOL)
It's funny you should mention that view of Teotihuacano society being more of the traders/farmers mold than militaristic. When reading Teotihuacan: The City of the Gods by Adrian Garcia Valades I ran across something of that ilk. Course this is an old publication, back from 1991 - but even still I found it interesting that they would come to such a conclusion. It always seemed to me that for most of the cultures of Mexico and Central America warfare was an integral part of their society. Course, I'm not all that well versed on the Olmec, Zapotec, etc. so I'm basing my assumption more on later events and cultures like the Maya and the Aztecs. *g*
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