Archaeological Implications of the Modern Pottery of Acatlán, Puebla, Mexico
- 1 October 1960
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 26 (2) , 205-214
- https://doi.org/10.2307/276199
Abstract
The foot-turned parador or mobile pottery support used at Acatlán is very similar to the kabal used at the Maya village of Mama, Yucatán. It is viewed as an extension of the Maya kabal technique into the mold-technique area of central Mexico. It is suggested that the principle of the Maya kabal and its Acatlán counterpart may have been known and used by the Olmec of La Venta. Several vessels from La Venta which resemble the Mama type of kabal offer evidence for the possible antiquity of the kabal-parador technique of pottery making.Keywords
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