Lithic projectile points from Mexico of the collection at the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest
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Cite as: Péntek, A. (2024) ‘Lithic projectile points from Mexico of the collection at the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest’, Litikum – Journal of the Lithic Research Roundtable, 12, pp. 9–37. https://doi.org/10.23898/litikuma0040
Abstract: The America Collection of the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest houses two smaller lithic assemblages. These assemblages, in addition to various chipped stone tools mostly made of obsidian, also contain bifacially manufactured projectile points. According to the available data, the smaller assemblage originates from San Juan Teotihuacan (Mexico State, Central Mexico). The exact origin of the larger assemblage is unknown, but indirect evidence suggests that it comes partly from the area of Teotihuacan and partly the Oaxaca Valley (Oaxaca State, Southern Mexico). This paper determines the projectile points that can be analysed with sufficient certainty based on the typology lists available to the author.
Keywords: Mesoamerica, Mexico, Teotihuacan, projectile points, obsidian, Museum of Ethnography in Budapest
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