Maya Site Inhabitants Manufactured Weapons and Tools

March 13, 2010

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Polychrome vase, San Claudio archaeological site in Tabasco. Photo: José Luis Romero/INAH.


MEXICO CITY.- Specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) explore in Tenosique, Tabasco, an archaeological site of Maya affiliation dedicated exclusively to manufacture weapons and tools.

San Claudio “was occupied from 200 BC to 900 AD by Maya workers at the service of other community of higher hierarchy”, informed archaeologist Jose Luis Romero Rivera, director of the excavation project at the site.

Located in the contact region between Chiapas Mountain Range and Guatemala, this site accounts for quotidian life of ancient Maya population dedicated to weapons and tools manufacture, which were commercialized with other towns.

“One of the main activities at the site was flint exploitation; we have found a great amount of this mineral debris all over the place. Due to its relatively easy manipulation, it was used to create sharp tools such as knives, axes and arrowheads”.

Flint was a strategic material since metal was not known and they would not count on with obsidian, controlled by most important cities, he added. They created an industry based on exploitation and commercialization of this mineral, displacing obsidian and allowing them to be independent from great commercial networks.

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Beautiful work, it is obvious they had the tools to create this beautiful object among others.

Originally posted by The_Pride_Lion
I agree, nice post!


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