Some lithic artefacts from Mexico in the America Collection of the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest

Attila Péntek

Independent researcher. Email: attila.pentek@yahoo.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-897X

 

Cite as: Péntek, A. (2025) ‘Some lithic artefacts from Mexico in the America‒Collection of the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest’, Litikum – Journal of the Lithic Research Roundtable, 13, pp. 43–54. https://doi.org/10.23898/litikuma0046

Abstract: The America Collection of the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest houses a small archaeological collection, donated originally to the Hungarian National Museum by Ede Szenger. Besides various ceramic objects, the collection contains some lithic artefacts, mostly bifacially manufactured projectile points. The exact origin of the lithic artefacts is unknown, but indirect evidence suggests that they come from the southeastern part of Tamaulipas State, Northeastern Mexico). This paper describes the lithic artefacts that can be analysed satisfactorily based on the typology lists available to the author.

Keywords: Mesoamerica, Mexico, Tamaulipas State, Huastec culture, projectile points

Acknowledgements. The author wishes to thank Krisztián Zandler (Ferenczy Museum Centre) for his active participation in the field surveys.

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