Instead, it may have been a commercial center, organized by various lineages and focused upon funneling goods between regions—such as the trade between the Gulf of Mexico and the interior of the Yucatán Peninsula.
Rather than functioning as an industrial district, this area could have served as a commercial focal point, managed by diverse lineages, with its main role being to transport goods between regions, such as from the Gulf of Mexico to the interior of the Yucatán Peninsula.