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Neutron Activation Analysis of Some Cuicuilco and Teotihuacán Pottery: Archaeological Interpretation of Results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

J. A. Bennyhoff
Affiliation:
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
R. F. Heizer
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, California

Abstract

Neutron activation was used by Johnson and Stross to determine the manganese content of the clay used in 11 sherds from Cuicuilco and Teotihuacán in the Valley of Mexico. The results indicate that three distinctive sherds of negative ware from Cuicuilco differ from local Late Preclassic wares but are similar to pottery of the Tzacualli phase made locally at Teotihuacán. Trade between the Chimalhuacan settlement at Cuicuilco and the Tzacualli town at Teotihuacán is thus indicated.

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1965

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