Summarize and evaluate the argument for Teotihuacan influence in the Maya lowlands that David Stuart presents in his 2000 manuscript “The Arrival of Strangers”. Using other readings that deal with the issue of Central Mexican influence in the Maya lowlands
evaluate the argument for violence, specifically in the case of the site of Tidal, Guatemala.
Thinking of the issue of inequality, can you offer other scenarios as possible ways to interpret the data? In your estimation, does Stuart do a decent job of approaching the question of whether people from Teotihuacan violently conquered the site of Tidal?
