A PERSPECTIVE from the MAYA REGION: CLOSING THOUGHTS on SLOAD and SUGIYAMA, SUGIYAMA, and SARABIA G.

Abstract

Two recent articles (Sload 2015; Sugiyama et al. 2013) and the resulting exchange raise important questions about the dating of Teotihuacan. I will not reinterpret other scholars' excavations or their understandings of contexts, or take a position in this fruitful debate. Instead, my purpose is to draw the attention of readers of the journal who do not work at Teotihuacan to the broader implications for the Maya region and Mesoamerica.