Mesoamerican obsidian trade networks (c. 1000 BCE–1521 CE)

1. Ceibal begins importing cores, producing blades

   Jan 1, 8000 BCELabels: Ceibal, Obsidian cores

   • LAA 2017

2. San Lorenzo sources distant obsidian imports

   Jan 1, 1800 BCELabels: San Lorenzo, Olmec

   • JAS 2013
   • ScienceDirect

3. Cerro de las Navajas mining underpins long distribution

   Jan 1, 1200 BCELabels: Cerro de, Hidalgo

   • MDPI Minerals

4. Altica workshop shows early Otumba exchange

   Jan 1, 1050 BCELabels: Altica, Otumba

   • JASR 2015

5. Takalik Abaj documents shifting obsidian supply

   Jan 1, 1000 BCELabels: Takalik Abaj, El Chayal

   • Takalik Abaj

6. Teotihuacan rises as major obsidian producer

   Jan 1, 100Labels: Teotihuacan, Obsidian production

   • Teotihuacan

7. Izapa records dynamic sourcing during regional shifts

   Jan 1, 100Labels: Izapa, Chiapas

   • JASR 2018
   • ScienceDirect

8. Feathered Serpent Temple built in Teotihuacan

   Jan 1, 150Labels: Feathered Serpent, Teotihuacan

   • Met Museum
   • Feathered Serpent

9. Balberta shows early Pachuca obsidian in Guatemala

   Jan 1, 150Labels: Balberta, Pachuca

   • Balberta

10. Pachuca obsidian increases sharply at Tikal

    Jan 1, 150Labels: Tikal, Pachuca

    • CAJ 2024

11. Chichén Itzá sourcing shows changing Postclassic connections

    Jan 1, 850Labels: Chich n, Ucareo

    • Scribd PDF

12. Postclassic Caribbean-coast Maya sites rely on Ixtepeque

    Jan 1, 1200Labels: Ixtepeque, Yucat n

    • JASR 2016
    • ScienceDirect

13. Otumba craft specialization supports Late Postclassic blade production

    Jan 1, 1395Labels: Otumba, Blade production

    • World Arch
    • Aztec Otumba

14. Templo Mayor offerings show multi-source imperial obsidian

    Jan 1, 1450Labels: Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan

    • PNAS PMC

15. Fall of Tenochtitlan ends state-controlled networks

    Aug 13, 1521Labels: Fall of, Spanish conquest

    • Britannica
    • Britannica