1. ¿Qué contenían las vasijas Capacha? Un análisis exploratorio por medio de residuos químicos.
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Zacarías Salcedo, Héctor Mizraim, Ortiz Butrón, Agustín, Hernández Grajales, Meztli, and Padilla Gutiérrez, Eliseo Francisco
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CERAMIC materials , *ANALYTICAL chemistry , *NATIONAL museums , *ANTHROPOLOGY , *NINETEEN sixties - Abstract
The Capacha culture developed in the Colima Valley at the end of the Early Preclassic and beginning of the Middle Preclassic. This is one of the most enigmatic human groups of Western Mexico, because there are not known contexts beyond their funerary offerings, which are rich in ceramic materials. We conducted spot-test chemical residue analysis of 50 Capacha vessels of 11 different shapes, all of them recovered by Kelly in the 1960s and 1970s and kept in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. Results might be associated with diverse preparations of foodstuff rich in protein, according to the presence of protein residues. The archaeological context from where the vessels were obtained, the size, and the chemical residues suggested that some pieces might have been used to offer blood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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