LOCAL OR FOREIGN? THE TECHNOLOGICAL STYLES OF THE LAPIDARY FROM TAMTOC

Summary

At Tamtoc, an archaeological site located at the Huastec region in San Luis Potosi, the archaeologists found hundreds of lapidary objects in the offerings and burials. Some of them were crafted in raw materials that were available locally, like the calcite, while others came from distant áreas, like the jadeite. But, their provenance was the same of their production? The purpose of this paper is to show how the technological analysis with Experimental Archaeology and the characterization of the manufacturing traces with SEM, allowed us to identify and distinguish at least two lapidary styles, one local and the other foreign. Finally, we compare the results with other lapidary collections to appreciate the relationships with other regions and cultures.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)   •
• Tamtoc: characterizing an urban society. Recent investigations.

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