Although iron-ore mirrors are commonly found in the Maya area, very few workshops are known to date. Cancuen, Guatemala, is one of the few sites to show evidence of iron-ore production during the Late Classic (a.d. 600–800). This article reviews all the available data on this material in Cancuen in light of the recent excavations, and, by combining spatial and technological analysis, proposes to shed new light on the spatial organization of this production. By comparing the composition and the social context of production in Cancuen with that of Aguateca (Inomata and Eberl 2014), we suggest that there was a division of tasks between sites in which Cancuen's artisans were involved in the first stage of the production of luxury goods, whereas other stages, such as the arrangement of the tesserae on the supports and their repolishing, were more socially invested and made by elite artists at the recipient sites.

虽然铁矿石镜子在玛雅地区很常见，但迄今为止已知的作坊很少。危地马拉坎昆是少数几个显示古典晚期（公元600-800 年）铁矿石生产证据的地点之一。本文根据最近的发掘回顾了坎昆这种材料的所有可用数据，并通过结合空间和技术分析，提出了对这种产品的空间组织的新认识。通过比较坎昆和阿瓜特卡的生产构成和社会背景（Inomata 和 Eberl 2014），我们认为坎昆工匠参与奢侈品生产第一阶段的地点之间存在任务分工，而其他阶段，例如镶嵌物在支撑物上的排列及其重新抛光，则更多地由社会投资并由接收地点的精英艺术家制作。