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Additional Evidence of Wheeled Toys in Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Robert H. Lister*
Affiliation:
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Extract

Two recent articles have pointed out the use of wheeled toys in pre-Spanish times in Mexico. Evidence points to ceramic wheeled toys having been used in several localities in that country. Ekholm found them at Panuco, Vera Cruz; Staub collected one just south of Panuco; Drucker describes several from Tres Zapotes, Vera Cruz; Charnay dug up some at Tenenepango, southeast of Mexico City; and one was obtained by Saville in the “valley of Oaxaca.” According to Caso, copper animals with legs perforated as for an axle probably came from Panama.

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Facts and Comments
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1947

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References

1 Alfonso Caso et al., “Conocieron la rueda los indígenas mesoamericanos?,” Cuadernos Americanos, Vol; 25, No. 1, Mexico, D. F., 1946 Google Scholar; Ekholm, Gordon F., “Wheeled Toys in Mexico,” American Antiquity, Vol. 11, No. 4, 1946.Google Scholar