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On the Misuse of Projectile Point Typology in Mesoamerica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Thomas R. Hester
Thomas R. Hester*
Affiliation:
Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78285
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Abstract

Comments are offered on the inappropriate use of Texas-derived projectile point typology at certain Mesoamerican sites. Moholy-Nagy et al. (1984) recently applied labels to point groups from the Maya site of Tikal that are misleading in terms of the original type descriptions. Similar misuse of the Texas typology in central Mexico and in the Tehuacan Valley is noted.

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American Antiquity , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , April 1986 , pp. 412 - 414
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1986

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