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Notes on Projectile Points in Oaxaca, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Donald P. Jewell
Donald P. Jewell*
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Sacramento, California
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Abstract

A study of some projectile points collected in the region of Oaxaca, Mexico, was recently concluded. It was possible to relate most of the specimens to the typology employed at nearby Tehuacan. The earliest points date from the El Riego phase, beginning ca. 6800 B.C. Limited evidence suggests that, possibly because of pluvial conditions, the early folk of Oaxaca kept to the foothills rather than the valley floors. This may have effected cultural differences with Tehuacan. Oaxaca may also have had an important part to play in the migration of early man to South America.

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American Antiquity , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , October 1966 , pp. 874 - 875
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1966

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