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Cruciform Artifacts from the Vicinity of El Paso, Texas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Vernon R. Brook
Vernon R. Brook*
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El Paso, Texas
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Abstract

Cruciform artifacts made of stone have been reported from a large area in northwestern Mexico and adjoining parts of the United States. These are now being found in considerable numbers in the vicinity of El Paso, Texas. Recent finds near El Paso reveal that some cruciforms were made of bone and others of pottery. Available provenience data suggest that cruciforms were first used in the local preceramic period and continued in use until A.D. 1450.

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American Antiquity , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , April 1966, pp. 574 - 575
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1966

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