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The Return of Quetzalcoatl

Evidence for the spread of a world religion during the Epiclassic period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

William M. Ringle ,
Tomás Gallareta Negrón  and
George J. Bey III
William M. Ringle
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology & Sociology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 28036, USA
Tomás Gallareta Negrón
Affiliation:
Centro Regional de Yucatán, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Apartado Postal 1015, Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico
George J. Bey III
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS 39210, USA
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Abstract

Continuing analysis of the site of Chichen Itza suggests that its construction dates primarily to the Late Classic period, ca. a.d. 700–1000, rather than the Early Postclassic. This paper examines the implications of this redating for the well-known “Toltec” problem. Since Chichen largely antedated Tollan-phase Tula, we conclude that what is usually identified as Toltec imagery in fact dates to an earlier Epiclassic horizon extending from Morelos and Puebla to the Gulf Coast and Yucatan. Chichen Itza, we suggest, was the eastern node in a network of shrine centers dedicated primarily to Quetzalcoatl/Kukulcan. This network transcended political boundaries and included such sites as Cholula, Cacaxtla, El TajIn, Xochicalco, and ultimately Tula. The Quetzalcoatl cult is manifested by a specific complex of traits and seems to have expanded militarily with messianic vigor. Pilgrimage was also an important activity at these centers. This cult axis apparently continued into the Postclassic period, and was responsible for the distribution of the Mixteca-Puebla art style. In Yucatan, Mayapan would seem to have assumed Chichen's position as the major Yucatecan node, although accompanied by several new shrines along the Caribbean coast.

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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , Fall 1998 , pp. 183 - 232
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