Abstract

ANDREWS, Bradford W.. La habilidad de los artesanos de navajas prismáticas y su relación con la intensidad productiva: un análisis comparativo de datos del periodo clásico en Teotihuacán y del periodo epiclásico en Xochicalco. Cuicuilco [online]. 2012, vol.19, n.54, pp.09-34. ISSN 0185-1659.

This article addresses the scale and organization of obsidian tool production at Classic Period Teotihuacan. One important question is whether blade workshops were contexts of part-or full-time production. I investigate this question by evaluating the blade-making skill of the craftsmen, a characteristic that should vary based on how much time they spent making blades. The skill of the San Martin craftsmen is compared to the skill of blade-making craftsmen at Epiclassic Xochicalco. The results of this study support the inference that many of Teotihuacan's blade workshops may have been contexts of part-time production. If so, these findings provide grounds for questioning whether the overall socio-economic complexity of the city has been overstated.

Keywords : craft production; obsidian; skill; Teotihuacan; socio-economic complexity.

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