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Sacalum, Yucatán: A Pre-Hispanic and Contemporary Source of Attapulgite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

W. J. Folan
W. J. Folan*
Affiliation:
National Historic Sites Service, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

A survey of a cenote in Sacalum and the Chilam Balam of Chumayel suggests strongly that Sacalum, Ticul, and probably Tixtohilcheen have been a source of the mineral attapulgite used variously in the manufacture of Maya Blue, for medicinal purposes, and as a pottery temper.

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Information
American Antiquity , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , April 1969 , pp. 182 - 183
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1969

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