Michael D. Coe and Richard A. Diehl report on the discovery of a dog bone at San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán, dating to the time of the Olmecs.

Date
1980
Type
Book
Source
Michael D. Coe
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Secondary
Reference

Michael D. Coe and Richard A. Diehl, In the Land of the Olmec, 2 vols. (Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1980), 1:226

Scribe/Publisher
University of Texas Press
People
Richard A. Diehl, Michael D. Coe
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

Dogbone (fig. 212)

Description: A cylindrical Namo probably used with metates which were narrower than the length of the mano.

Rolled back and forth to grind, probably one hand.

Dimensions: 6.3 centimeters diameter knob, 4.5 centimeters center; 6.3 centimeters diameter knob, 5.4 centimeters center.

Material: Gray granite [I], white granite with black and green inclusions [1].

Phase assignment: Villa Alta.

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