Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0144-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0144
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Title:
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Obsidian blade : no tang.
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Subject:
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Weapons--Mexico
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Subject:
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Stone carving--Mexico
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Subject:
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Mayas--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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A flake has been knocked off an obsidian core. The flake was thinned, shaped, and sharpened by pressure flaking. Finally, this blade was embedded into a shaft of a spear.
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Materials:
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Stone: black obsidian with brown tint. Core flaked & pressure flaked.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 250 and 800
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Weapon
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Object Type:
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Blade
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Dimensions:
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6 1/16 in long x 2 1/8 in wide x 1/2 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Southeast Mexico
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Rights:
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Physical collection housed at California State University, Los Angeles. | MATERIALS ARE IN COPYRIGHT | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
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Culture:
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Maya
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Period:
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Classic
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