Obsidian Craft Production at Cacaxtla-Xochitécatl, Tlaxcala

List of Photos

Photo  1.  Edificio 2 on Cerro Xochitécatl.
Photo  2.  Room Annex on the west side of Edificio 2 where LD-E2 was recovered.
Photo  3.  Front and back views of half-concical blade cores.
Photo  4.  Corner blades from pressure cores.
Photo  5.  Edificio 1 on Cerro Xochitécatl.
Photo  6.  Platform removal flake from a core with a pecked and ground platform.
Photo  7.  End scrapers made from macroblades.
Photo  8.  Jade fragments from Terrace 5 at Nativitas.
Photo  9.  Four jade bead preforms.
Photo 10. Three partially drilled jade beads.
Photo 11. Chert prismatic blades used as drill preforms.
Photo 12. Fine tipped chert drills.
Photo 13. Large chert drills.

List of Figures

Figure  1.  The location of Cacaxtla-Xochitécatl in Central Mexico.
Figure  2.  The location of lithic distributions LD-E1 and LD-E2 at the site of Cerro Xochitécatl.

List of Tables

Table  1.  Major Obsidian Workshop Excavations in Mesoamerica (from Hirth n.d.).
Table  2.  Obsidian Debitage in Lithic Deposit LD-E2 and non-production areas in Edificio 2.
Table  3.  Obsidian Debitage in Lithic Deposit LD-E1 in Edificio 1.

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