El territorio de Tonina, Chiapas

In the light of the investigations of these last thirty years, at Tonina as well as in neighbouring regions, it is possible to modify our previous interpretations of the Ocosingo valley occupation. They allow for a revision of the chronological frame and the identification of a potential transition phase during the Terminal Classic, related to existing relations between the valley inhabitants and their neighbours from the Chiapas Highlands. These relations possibly allowed part of the valley inhabitants to survive for some time the Maya collapse.