Self sacrifice awls in Cantona, Puebla, Mexico Conference Paper

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abstract

• In the ancient city of Cantona (600 B.C a 1050 A.D.) in the region of Puebla, Mexico, a great number of awls made of animal bones were found inside several offerings and burials. The present paper presents the identification of species used to elaborate these awls, along with the formal characteristics of the objects and their manufacturing techniques. The last was studied through experimental archaeology and the analysis of modified traces by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). © 2012 Materials Research Society.

authors

• Pérez Roldan Gilberto
• Valentín Maldonado N.

publication date

• 2012-01-01

published in

• Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings  Proceedings

Research

keywords

• Manufacturing techniques; Me-xico; Materials science; Scanning electron microscopy

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1557/opl.2012.1394

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• 253

end page

• 260

volume

• 1374