The ancient Maya lived in the Mesoamerican region. Mesoamerica consists of modern day southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Belize.
Understanding how different communities and regions interacted with one another is integral to understanding how communities survived and navigated larger events, including the Classic Maya Collapse.
This map shows the relationship between Marco Gonzalez (the trowel icon) and the areas where particular artifacts traveled from. You can see the breadth of the trade network on this map!
As new artifacts are discovered, this map will update so that we can see the spatial relationship.
