Abstract

ORTEGA CABRERA, Verónica; HELMKE, Christophe  and  ARCHER VELASCO, Jorge Nukyen. An Assessment of the Maya Material Culture Found in Teotihuacan: Ceramic and Jadeite Artifacts. Estud. cult. maya [online]. 2025, vol.65, pp.11-46.  Epub Sep 08, 2025. ISSN 0185-2574.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ecm.2025.1/0q27r1v051.

The political and mercantile influences of Teotihuacan on contemporaneous Mesoamerican cultures had far-reaching repercussions. Among these, are the enclaves or foreign neighborhoods located in the capital itself. The nature of these neighborhoods, as well as the role and place of these foreign populations, have yet to be properly evaluated. As part of an initial foray into the question of Maya presence and influence in Teotihuacan, we consider two representative assemblages: the presence of Maya and Maya-inspired greenstone objects and ceramics, both imported and locally produced imitations. After a careful review of the evidence, we find that Mayan identities were part of an open dialogue in which they were negotiated and iterated by the Maya populations established in the city, but also incorporated by the local population that defined itself in light of a growing Mesoamerican cosmopolitanism, in the wake of what could be called a Pax Teotihuacana.

Keywords : Teotihuacan; Maya; foreign ceramics; green-stone; ethnic identity.

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