Mesoamerican Worlds: Communities, Cities, and Living Heritage
Cuenca de Oriental · Profil avec revue des sources

Cantona: Urban craft and contested chronologies

Cantona (site or historical name, not a self-designation for every ancient or living resident)

Residential compounds, circulation routes, ballcourts and obsidian production reveal a worked urban landscape. Competing chronologies make Cantona a useful case for explaining sampling and context rather than presenting one unquestioned peak date.

Urban settlement and dating context Formative through Classic/Epiclassic contexts; published phases and radiocarbon models differ Settlement survey, architecture, obsidian production and context-assessed radiocarbon determinations. Tepeyahualco public town orientation, Puebla. Approximate public orientation only, never a territorial, ethnic, linguistic, political, cultural or sovereignty boundary. Not a burial, ancestral-remains, restricted sacred-site or private deposit location; no access, excavation or collecting permission is implied.
Aperçu

Communautés, villes et éléments probants

Paysages et connexions régionales

The Oriental basin and volcanic terrain connected local building materials and obsidian work with regional exchange.

Organisation politique et échelle communautaire

The synthesis discusses sociopolitical organization and proposed state workshops; these are research interpretations, not a recorded constitution or homogeneous ethnicity.

Transformation coloniale, patrimoine vivant et réception moderne

Modern research revises phase models. A proposed occupation peak must remain tied to the tested structures and selected samples.

Households Compounds and storage

The archaeological synthesis treats residences, storage and circulation as well as civic spaces.

Source review: 2026-10-20 [S1]
Dating Sample selection changes models

The dating study changes its proposed peak interval after excluding samples of doubtful context.

Source review: 2026-10-20 [S2]
Name Modern designation retained

INAH notes that the proposed Caltonac name lacks evidence of ancient usage.

Source review: 2026-10-20 [S3]
Séquence historique

Uma cronologia breve e documentada

Ces repères servent d'orientation et ne constituent pas une histoire complète.

  1. Regional sequence proposed

    The synthesis compares Cantona's sequence with surrounding basin settlements.

    [S1]

  2. Broad sample calculation

    The radiocarbon study first calculates this peak interval from its larger sample set, not a universally accepted city chronology.

    [S2]

  3. Context-filtered calculation

    Excluding doubtful contexts narrows the study's proposed interval; this is a model result, not a new historical event.

    [S2]

  4. Research made available

    The institutional journal records publication of the synthesis and dating study on 8 May 2020.

    [S1] [S2]
Culture et langue

Foyers, travail, langue et croyances

Langues mentionnées dans ce profil

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Famille linguistique: Evidence-specific language context; no uniform assignment

The archaeological synthesis treats residences, storage and circulation as well as civic spaces.

The dating study changes its proposed peak interval after excluding samples of doubtful context.

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    Chichen Itza and the Toltec Question

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    Copan's Hieroglyphic Stairway

    Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University · Epigraphic research and reconstruction history · Undated institutional resource; accessed 2026-10-20

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    Parque Arqueológico Joya de Cerén cumplirá 32 años de ser Monumento Nacional

    Ministerio de Cultura de El Salvador · Institutional archaeological or museum account · 2021-08-16

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    National Archaeological Park Tak’alik Ab’aj

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · World Heritage description; interpretation is not a census or community endorsement · Living institutional record; accessed 2026-10-20

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    Reabre el Museo de Chalcatzingo con la exhibición del monolito Portal al Inframundo

    Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) · Institutional archaeological or museum account · 2025-02-18

  8. C8

    El museo de un lugar excepcional

    Luis Manuel Gamboa Cabezas, Centro INAH Hidalgo · Institutional archaeological or museum account · Undated institutional resource; accessed 2026-10-20

  9. S1

    Cantona: un bosquejo de su desarrollo cultural

    Ángel García Cook, Arqueología 57, INAH · Original archaeological synthesis · 2020-05-08 (online record)

  10. S2

    Estudio de las fechas determinadas para Cantona por el laboratorio del INAH

    María Magdalena de los Rios Paredes, Arqueología 57, INAH · Radiocarbon study; proposed chronology, not consensus date · 2020-05-08 (online record)

  11. S3

    Zona Arqueológica de Cantona

    Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) · Institutional archaeological or museum account · Undated institutional resource; accessed 2026-10-20

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