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Ancient Mesoamerican Mortars, Plasters, and Stuccos: Palenque, Chiapas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Edwin R. Littmann
Edwin R. Littmann*
Affiliation:
Westfield, N. J.
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Abstract

Chemical and microscopic analyses of material from eight structures at Palenque show that mortars, plasters, stuccos, wash coats, and lime-aggregates were used as building units, and extend the distribution of limeaggregate, known also at Comalcalco, Las Flores, and Uxmal.

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Facts and Comments
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American Antiquity , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , October 1959 , pp. 264 - 266
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1959

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References

Littmann, E. R. 1957 Ancient Mesoamerican Mortars, Plasters, and Stuccos: Comalcalco, Part I. American Antiquity, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 135–40. Salt Lake City.Google Scholar
Littmann, E. R. 1958 Ancient Mesoamerican Mortars, Plasters, and Stuccos: Comalcalco, Part II. American Antiquity, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 292–6. Salt Lake City.Google Scholar
Littmann, E. R. 1959 Ancient Mesoamerican Mortars, Plasters, and Stuccos: Las Flores, Tampico. American Antiquity, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 117–9. Salt Lake City.Google Scholar