Abstract
Southeast Mesoamerica is an often-used label for the contiguous national borders of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. With few exceptions, these modern borders demarcate the southern limits of the research area for most Mayanists. So too do these borders mark the northern limits for the archaeologists of Central America. Indeed, Southeast Mesoamerica as a concept is problematic because it glosses over the differences of the peoples living along these cultural demarcations. This is especially the case for the ancient inhabitants who lived in northwestern and central Honduras. For the contributors to this volume, the edges of these culture areas are central to our research, and the dynamic interactions of the peoples and polities across this region are exceedingly interesting because they do not conform to neatly constrained labels imposed from the outside.
Recommended Citation
McFarlane, William John and Stockett Suri, Miranda, "The Archaeology of Jesús de Otoro and Intervalley Variation in Central Honduras" (2023). Proyecto Arqueologico de Otoro. 4.
https://scholarspace.jccc.edu/pado/4
Comments
Chapter from the work Moutheastern esoamerica: Indigenous Interaction, Resilience, and Change (2023) edited by Goodwin et al., published by University Press of Colorado. Archived at author's institution following embargo.