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Ancient Mesoamerican Mortars, Plasters, and Stuccos: Las Flores, Tampico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Edwin R. Littmann
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Abstract

Chemical and microscopic examination of the material from successive floors of Mound A, Las Flores, Tampico, indicates that each building unit consisted of a lime-aggregate forming a monolithic mass, with subsequent plastering, essentially as at Comalcalco, Tabasco.

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Facts and Comments
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American Antiquity , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , July 1959 , pp. 117 - 119
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1959

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Ekholm, O. F. 1944 Excavations at Tampico and Panuco in the Huasteca, Mexico. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 38, Pt. 5. New York.Google Scholar
Littmann, E. R. 1957 Ancient Mesoamerican Mortars, Plasters, and Stuccos: Comalcalco, Part I. American Antiquity, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 135–40. Salt Lake CityGoogle Scholar